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Richard Edward Scott was born July 19th 1962 in Ellsworth, Maine. The six foot one right hand hitting short stop was signed in the 17th round of the 1981 draft by the A.L. New York club. He would spend ten years in the minor leagues getting to the big leagues for just three games in 1989. Scott had signed on as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics during their 1988 AL Championship season. He made his MLB debut on May 19th finishing up a game after replacing Mike Gallego, in a 7-4 loss to the Boston Red Sox. He came to bat in the bottom of the 10th inning & grounded out but got credit for his only career RBI as Carney Lansford scored. Scott became a minor league manager in the Oakland A's organization from 1991-1996. He won the Arizona League Manager of the Year Award in 1991 with his team finishing in first place. He also won the 1993 Northwest Manager of the Year Award & 1994 California Manager of the Year Award. From 1998 to 2001 Scott was the A...

Matthew John Wise was born on November 18th 1975 in Montclair, California. The six foot four right hander attended Pepperdine University in Malibu California as well as California State University. The right handed pitcher was drafted in the sixth round by the Anaheim Angels in 1997. After winning nine games in three of four minor league seasons he was brought up to the Angels team in 2000 for eight games. He made six starts & went 3-3. In the Angels 2002 Championship season he pitched in seven games but was back in the minors by mid July. He hurt his arm needing surgery & missed the entire 2003 season. He was released & got signed by the Milwaukee Brewers where he would pitch in relief for four seasons. In the winter of 2007 he signed with the New York Mets for the 2008 season. Wise debuted with the Mets on Opening Day pitching the 8th inning in relief of Johan Santana in his Mets debut. Wise allowed two hits, retired one batter & was replaced by Scott Schoenewei...

Albert Francis Gionfriddo was born on March 8th, 1922 in Dysart, Pennsylvania. The Italian American outfielder served in World War II returning to debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1944 for just four games. In 1945 he would be the Pirates regular outfielder, on the fourth place club, in his only full season. He hit .284 striking out just 22 times in 406 at bats, hitting 2 HRs with 42 RBIs 18 doubles 9 triples (6th in the league) & 74 runs scored. He stole 12 bases (10th in the league) while posting a .376 on base %. In 1947 he was traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers along with $100,000 for five players including future MLB manager Gene Mauch. He would play just one season in Brooklyn but that’s where he would be forever remembered. On the regular season he only hit .177 with six RBIs in 37 games, but it was in the World Series where he became a hero. In Game #4 of the 1947 World Series, the AL New York teams pitcher Bill Bevan had a no hitter going into the 9th inning. Ca...

(Sir) George Henry Martin was born January 3rd, 1926 in London, England. Growing up during war times in England the family moved around quite often. He learned piano at any early age picking up most of it by teaching himself.  At one time he took oboe lessons & his teacher was Jane Asher's mother. George Martin served in the Royal Navy during World War II. Afterward he attended music school with an interest for classical music. Martin eventually got a job working for the BBC, which led to a position at Parlophone Records a division of EMI. There he worked on comedy records featuring people like Peter Sellers & Spike Milligan. He began to work with music as well & by 1962 wanted to incorporate Rock & Roll into the label. A friend introduced Martin to Brian Epstein who was the manager of the Beatles. After two meetings with Epstein Martin agreed to sign the Beatles, even though he didn't think much of their music although he did like Le...

Herbert Paul Barna was born on March 2nd, 1915 in Clarksburg, West Virginia. The six foot two left handed hitter, attended West Virginia University where he was a star athlete. There he set a school hitting record batting .485 eventually earning the nickname "Babe".  Barna was a star player in the minor leagues leading the American Association in steals (29) in 1941, then in HRs in both 1944 (24) & 1945 (25) Later on he led AA in hitting later on in 1951 (.358). Barna first debuted with the Philadelphia A's in 1937 appearing in just 19 games for legendary manager Connie Mack. He went 14-36 in 14 games that September for the seventh place A's. In 1938 he hit .300 at A ball & got back up to the A's club for nine brief games going 4-30. Barna spent the next three years in the minors, having his contract purchased by the New York Giants in 1941. For the Giants he hit .336 at AAA Minneapolis stealing 29 bases (best in the league) with 24 HRs & 105 R...

T homas Allen Grieve was born on March 4, 1948 in Pittsfield Massachusetts. The six foot two inch, right handed hitting Grieve is Nicknamed TAG because of his initials. Grieve was the first round draft pick of 1966 (6th pick overall) for the Washington Senators. He hit .290 in A ball getting the push up to AAA where he hit 19 HRs with 61 RBIs in 93 games in 1971 at AAA Denver.    He had made his debut with the Washington Senators in 1970, their last season in the nation’s capitol, batting only .198 in 47 games. He moved with the team to Arlington, Texas as they became the Texas Rangers, playing an average of 70 games in the outfield each of the next three seasons. He was mostly a reserve outfielder among the likes of Jeff Burroughs, Joe Lovitto, Eliot Maddox, Ted Ford & Alex Johnson.  In 1973 in 136 at bats (66 games) he hit .309 for managers Whitey Herzog & Billy Martin with the last place Rangers. The Rangers had some good teams in the mid seventies, fin...

Jorge Dandys (Tapia) Julio was born on March 3rd, 1979 in Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela. The six foot one right handed fast ball pitcher, signed as an amateur free agent with the Montreal Expos in 1996. Julio came to the majors in 2001 and took over the Orioles closer job from Buddy Groom the next season. He saved 25 games (10th in the AL) in 2002 posting a 1.99 ERA going 5-9 in 67 appearances. That season he was third in the rookie of the year voting. Julio came back with 36 saves (4th in the AL) in 2003 but also was 0-7 with eight blown saves, a 4.36 ERA, allowing ten HRs in 61 innings pitched. In 2004 Julio saved 22 more games (7th in the AL) going 2-5 with a 4.57 ERA making 65 appearances, blowing four save opportunities. The next season B.J. Ryan took over the O's closer role, Julio still made 67 appearances getting credit for 11 holds posting a 5.90 ERA. He allowed 14 HRs & 47 earned runs in 71 innings pitched. In January of 2006 Julio came to the New York ...