Family ecstatic as son is drafted by the New York Mets

Published: 2006-07-10

WAYNE, N.J. (CNS) -- Forgive Carol Dziuba, the soloist and organist at the 8 a.m. Mass at Our Lady of the Valley Church in Wayne, if she is tempted to play "Meet the Mets" and starts a singalong with the assembly. That's because she can't get that tune out of her mind since her son, Teddy, was drafted June 7 by the New York Mets in the 33rd round of the 2006 Major League Baseball amateur draft. Dziuba, 21, signed a contract with the Mets June 11 and will begin his professional career close to home with the Brooklyn (N.Y.) Cyclones, one of the Mets' minor league affiliates. "He was very emotional when he phoned his dad after his name was called in the draft," his mother said. "Both of them were in tears, as this is a dream he's had for a long time -- to play baseball at the next level. My husband, Ted, is a huge baseball fan and has been a tremendous guiding force for Teddy through the years, rarely if ever missing a game and tirelessly taking him to practices, tryouts and the batting cages," she said.

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