Greatest 21 Days Baseball Profiles

Mets farmhand Johnny Monell returned to single-A Columbia in 1987, after playing there in 1986. This year, though, the third-year pro had family to help him, his wife and his 1-year-old son Johnny Monell Jr. , The Columbia Record wrote . "They've helped a lot," Monell told The Record that April. "I couldn't wait for them to get here. It helps when you go 0-for-four for three days. It helps having that little boy to go home to."  Monell went on to play professionally over 16 seasons , seven of those in affiliated ball. He topped out at AAA. His son, though, went on to play professionally himself - and make the majors. Monell Sr.'s career began in 1985, signed by the Mets as an undrafted free agent out of the Bronx . Monell started with the Mets in 1985 at short-season Little Falls. He hit .213 in 67 games. He arrived in Columbia for 1986 and returned there for 1987. He also saw a game at AAA Tidewater. Monell played 1988 at single-A St. Lucie, along w...