Drafted by the Mets in June 2010, it took young Adam over 13 years to finally fulfill his destiny as a Baltimore-born Met. From Baltimore's (Catonsville's, actually) Balkan community, Adam is the son of Frank and Dorothy Kolarek. Frank was a catcher who had reached AAA with the Athletics back in 1979, which I guess means he played with Rickey Henderson. Frank went on to found https://leagueofdreams.org/The League of Dreams, which introduces and facilitates the joy and passion of playing baseball to people with a broad range of disabilities. His 4 2/3 innings pitched with no earned runs is third all-time in Mets history behind legends C.J. Nitkowski and Dan Schatzeder's lofty mark of 5 2/3 innings. Should Adam return, he will have a chance to expand upon that mark, or ruin it. In the meantime, he has been stolen away by thieves from Atlanta. THIEVES! Always sorry to lose somebody with a distinctive delivery, even if his distinction didn't last a week. [FIMG=500]https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,w_4375,h_2460,x_0,y_0/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F17%2F01h98akt313f3egm9epr.jpg[/FIMG]