Greatest 21 Days Baseball Profiles

After calling his first major league start in August 1992 "every little kid's dream," Mets rookie Eric Hillman explained his pitching style to The Associated Press . "I work on visualization a lot. In between innings, I sit in the dugout and visualize throwing the ball where I want, getting ground ball outs," Hillman told The AP . "I make my living on the ground." Hillman's living in the major leagues ended up lasting three seasons and 36 outings. He went 4-14 overall. Hillman's career began in 1987, taken by the Mets in the 16th round of the draft out of Eastern Illinois University. He described being drafted to The Charleston Journal Gazette and Times-Courier . "That's what I've been wanting all my life," Hillman told the paper . "Ever since I was three weeks old I've wanted to be a major league baseball player. Well, maybe four weeks old." Hillman started with the Mets at short-season Little Falls . He went...