Carl Mays could do it all. By all accounts, the right-handed submariner who spent time with four Major League clubs was mixture of Cy Young, Gaylord Perry and Dan Quisenberry. Add in a little Ty Cobb and you’ve got a pretty good idea of what you were facing when Mays took the mound. Born November… Read more »
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Team: Boston Red Sox
Bill Mueller
Bill Mueller was a standout baseball player for nearly a decade in Missouri, starting at De Smet Jesuit High School in Creve Coeur and then spending four years at Missouri State University in Springfield. The accolades achieved in Missouri paved the way for an 11-year career in Major League Baseball, which included winning a World… Read more »
Al Nipper
In baseball, everybody’s got a story – some better than others. And when it comes to Al Nipper, he’s got a lot of good ones. Think he loved the game at an early age? A St. Louis Cardinals fan, he used to plot down $1.25 for a blue-marked GA ticket into old Busch Stadium and… Read more »
Brad Ziegler
He didn’t simply dream the big dream – he lived it. The dream of climbing out of a quaint Missouri town and gaining notice despite never earning All-State honors. Of going on to pitch for an NCAA Division I program and lifting it to the College World Series. Of reaching the big leagues and making… Read more »