By BILLY HELLER
When the Kansas City Royals traded former Mets farmhand Barry Raziano to the California Angels in 1974 during spring training, it was a bit of a headache for the right-handed pitcher, who had just made his MLB debut with the Royals the previous season.
He had already driven to Fort Myers, Fla., from his home in New Orleans. “So now I gotta drive back to Palm Springs, Calif.,” Raziano says. “And I get there a little late.”
Raziano, who struck out 27 batters...