Ex-Cyclone Conforto displaying star power
Former First-Round Pick Driving Thriving Mets’ Offense in Flushing
Cyclones manager Tom Gamboa saw it the first time he laid eyes on Michael Conforto.
And so did 7,174 Brooklyn baseball fanatics who filed into MCU Park on July 19, 2014 to witness Conforto’s professional baseball debut.
“I think the quality of person he is might be even better [than the quality of player he is],” Brooklyn’s then-first-year skipper noted after watching the Mets’ first-round pick out of Oregon State go 1-for-4 with a run scored, helping the struggling Cyclones snap a franchise-record eight-game losing streak.