Sunday, January 1, 2023

Mike Vail

Career: Played in the big leagues for 10 seasons with seven teams, including the Dodgers in 1984.

Did you know? Won an International League batting title and was named the loop's MVP in 1975 ... hit in a Mets' rookie record 23 consecutive games in 1975 ... was a minor league roommate of future WWE Hall of Famer Randy Savage, who played pro baseball using his given name of Randy Poffo.

Post-game: Played one season with the Orange Juice of Senior Professional Baseball Association and later was a businessman in Henderson, Nevada ... was inducted into the Archbishop Mitty HS Athletic HOF in 2003.

Sources: Baseball Reference; linkedIn.com, accessed 1/1/2023; mitty.com, accessed 1/1/2023; sabr.org, accessed 1/1/2023.

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