Jerome Tolliver opened up, saw 6 pro seasons, single-A
Jerome Tolliver hit a dramatic grand slam late in his American Legion team's championship game in June 1989, giving his team the lead and sending them on to victory, The Springfield News-Leader wrote . He explained the at bat to The News-Leader afterward, including a taken first pitch and a brushback fourth pitch. "The fifth one was a curve and I opened up on it," Tolliver told The News-Leader . Tolliver went on opening up on pitches in the pros. He saw a total of six seasons . He made single-A and three seasons in independent ball. Tolliver's career began in 1990, taken by the Mets in the 35th round of the previous year's draft out of Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Tolliver started with the Mets in 1990 in the rookie Gulf Coast League . He saw 55 games and hit .272. He moved to short-season Pittsfield for 1991. He got into 73 games there and hit .272. He also hit six home runs. For 1992, he made single-A Columbia. That August, he hit a bloop single to...
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