@ Don:
MY NAME IS CHRIS VERDI. TONY SOLAITA AND ROGER REPOZ AND STEVE WHITAKER ALL PLAYED FOR MY FATHER ,,FRANK VERDI ..TONY PLAYED FOR MY DAD IN SYRACUSE IN 69-70 WHICH WAS THE YANKEES TRIPLE AAA FARM CLUB. WHITAKER ALSO PLAYED THERE AS DID THURMON MUNSON.. TONY WAS MY BEST FRIEND THOSE 2 YEARS.. A CLASS ACT AND HE LOVED KIDS AND BASEBALL. HE WAS THE BIGGEST BASEBALL PLAYER PHYSICALLY IVE EVER SEEN .BONES LIKE A DINOSOUR. IN BATTING PRACTICE HE HIT MAMMOTH TATARS .I JUST GOOGLED HIM TODAY AS MY DAD JUST PASSED AWAY LAST JULY AND WONDERED WHERE HE IS TODAY. I WAS 13 AT THE TIME AND HAVE SO MANY STORIES AND FOND MEMORIES.IF ANYONE KNOWS ABOUT TONY ID LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU… SINCERELY.. OR IF YOU LIKE STORIES ABOUT PLAYERS BEFORE THEY HIT THE MAJORS ,IVE GOT A BUNCH….. SINCERELY.. CHRIS VERDI

There were a few more guys than that Steve.

Roger Repoz, Steve Whitaker, Fred McGriff are among a few others.