Greatest 21 Days Baseball Profiles

Rich Langan recounted his path to pro ball to his hometown White Plains Reporter Dispatch in August 1989. It went through two tryouts in two different states. Both teams originally wanted to watch him in college. One team, though, the Mets, called back, the scout wanting him to get back the tryout, The Reporter Dispatch wrote . "It was too far of a ride for me to do that, but luckily he call back later that evening and asked me if I really wanted to play pro ball right now," Langan told The Reporter Dispatch . "When I said yes, he said they'd give me a shot." Langan got his shot. It ultimately lasted two seasons , slowed by injury. He played both in rookie ball. Langan's career began that year in 1989, signed by the Mets as a free agent out the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and Franciscan High in New York State. Langan started with the Mets in the rookie Gulf Coast League . He saw eight relief outings, nine innings. He gave up nine earned and took a los...