(From funnynamesblog.com)
If ever a man was born to play on a certain sports team, it is Steven Jakob Matz.
When the New York Mets take the field tonight in Queens, N.Y., hosting game four of the National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the 24-year-old rookie left-hander will be on the pitching mound.
Let’s Go Mets! is the cheer that fans have chanted for their squad since the days of Shea Stadium, where the team became the really Amazing Mets in 1969, coming from last place the season prior to World Series champion.
Let’s Go Matz! can be the cheer for the pitcher who grew up in Stony Brook, some 40 miles east of Shea and its replacement Citi Field. He attended Ward Melville High School. That’s where I went …
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If you know anybody with a name that’s perfect for their occupation or avocation, can you please share that nugget? Can you brag on anybody famous from your high school? Which teams are you pulling for during postseason baseball play, and why?
Mark Bialczak 
My high school hasn’t put a player on an MLB ballfield since Dal Maxvill in the 60’s. It’s a good bet Matz will have a better career than Dal had… though he’ll never have the chance to hit the first MLB grand slam outside of the United States.
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Dal Maxvill sure was a little dynamo, Bill. A Mets killer, too. 🙂 Cool that he came from your high school, albeit two generations before you came along. 🙂
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They named the primo ballfield at the park after him during one of my years in Little League. I was probably 10 at the time, and admit I had no idea who he even was.
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Now that you’re a historian of the game, that makes it even cooler, I think. You played on Dal Maxville Field!
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LOL, I wish! That field was reserved for the higher age bracket youth leagues, and the team I was on folded the year before we’d have gotten to play on Maxvill Field. And that was the end of my rather non-descript playing career…
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Oops. Dreams die young, my friend. I didn’t get past Little League baseball. Cut from the junior high tryouts. 😦
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Let’s go Matz/Mets indeed! Can’t pull for the Utleys. I confess I’m rooting for the Cubs, though!
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Cubbies are a good story this season, Jim. I don’t blame you. How about Joe Madden for manager of the year?
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Glad to see that the only bruising last night was with the Mets’ bats. Quite a show, Mark. ☺
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It had me happy, Van, the hitting only as intended. 🙂 Thanks.
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Hmmm, not that I can recall Mark. 🙂
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Ha! Follow after me, Paul. Let’s …
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Oh, by the way Mark, I just did a post over at Willowdot21’s https://willowdot21.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/if-we-were-having-coffee-august-232015/ if you have the time to drop by.Thank You.
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See you over at Willow’s place, Paul. Thanks for the alert.
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