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Jack Edward DiLauro was born May 3, 1943 at Akron, Ohio. At high school DiLauro was a star baseball, basketball & football player. The six foot two, left hander then attended the University of Akron, where he was signed by the Detroit Tigers. He was also offered a pro football contract as well, but chose baseball instead.  While in the Tigers organization in the late sixties, DiLauro pitched for the AAA Toledo Mud Hens, located within two hours of his home at Akron. In those days his family & friends would make the short drive over to Toledo to watch him pitch. DiLauro went 6-5 in 1967 as the Mud Hen’s won the Governors Cup.  In 1968 he was 11-6 with a 3.65 ERA as the Mud Hens won the league pennant. That season the big-league club Detroit Tigers won the World Series, defeating the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.  The Tigers pitching staff seemed set for the next few years with guys like; Denny McLain, Mickey Lolich, Earl Wilson, Joe ...

Edgardo Antonio Alfonzo was born November 8, 1973, in Santa Teresa, Miranda Venezuela. His father was a truck driver & his mom a pre-school teacher in Caracas. His oldest brother Edgar Jr. played minor league ball from 1985-1996 later becoming a minor league coach. The middle Alfonzo brother Robert played minor league ball in 1993-1994 later becoming a scout. In his native land, his brother Edgar taught him baseball. There he watched the likes of Andres Galarraga, Tony Armas, Omar Vizquel & veteran Gonzalo Marquez play winter ball.  The five-foot eleven right-handed hitting Edgardo was signed by the New York Mets as an undrafted free agent in 1991 at age 17. In his first two seasons at low level A ball, he hit over .330, moving to St. Lucie in 1993 where he hit .294 with 84 RBIs. By 1994 he was leading the AA Binghamton Mets in HRs (15) & RBIs (75) batting .293. #13: Alfonzo chose the uniform #13 along with Venezuelan players Ozzie ...