Lafayette High School in Brooklyn carries a strong baseball legacy – fitting, certainly, for a campus less than six miles from the site where Ebbets Field stood. Notable non-baseball alums include Larry King and Maurice Sendak, but before the school was closed in 2008, LHS produced 11 MLB players, and at least one notable baseball executive. Fred Wilpon only got to pitch for one year in college before getting hurt, but went on to become the majority owner of the New York Mets. John Franco ended his career as an ineffective LOOGY with the 2005 NL Champion Houston Astros, but his 21-year resume also includes four All-Star Games, a top-10 Cy Young finish, and still more saves (424) than any other LHP in MLB history.
From Brooklyn to the Bayou City: Bob Aspromonte
