Rod Gaspar (Baseball, 1965): Gaspar was impressive in his lone season at LBCC in 1965. Gaspar earned first-team All-Metropolitan Conference honors as he lead Long Beach with a .367 batting average. He went on to play two seasons at Long Beach State and was an all-conference selection in 1966 and 1967. Gaspar was then drafted in the second round of the 1967 Major League Baseball Draft by the New York Mets. Two year later, Gaspar was the opening day right fielder for the 1969 “Miracle Mets” that won the World Series. That season, he led the National League with six defensive double plays and posted 12 assists. Gaspar played four season in the majors, including two with the Mets (1969-70) and two seasons with the San Diego Padres (1971, 1974).