Surprised no one posted on this yet.

[CoRruPt-]

http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080706&content_id=3076863&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea#

lol @ sending out Burke to pitch in the 15th inning of a tie game.

Piss poor bullpen management perhaps?

[Moojenowski]

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Who went out for the Mets against the Expos back in the day? First baseman I think.

[Blzer]

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I think I remember when Rey Ordonez came in for the Mets and struck someone out on like a 93 MPH fastball. It was awesome!

[Millennium]

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I still remember Jeff Tackett pitching an inning for the O's.

[snepp]

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It's a shame Canseco blew out his elbow when he pitched, he ruined it for any semi-decent players actually getting a chance to pitch. Nevermind that his elbow was probably ready to give out anyway.

I would LOVE to see Ichiro go up there and throw some gas, but it'll never happen.

[NYJets]

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Wade Boggs pitched an inning for the Yankees.

I believe he threw a knuckleball.

[Scott]

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Scott Sheldon came in for the Rangers in 2000, only faced 1 batter, but he struck him out

[Chaos81]

Re: Surprised no one posted on this yet.

Wade Boggs pitched an inning for the Yankees.

I believe he threw a knuckleball.

I remember that, kind of. I remember it happened, but couldn't tell you anything about it.


EDIT: Just looked. August 19th 1997 against the Angels. He even had a SO, in 1 IP.

Looking more, it looks like he pitched for Tampa Bay as well. Gave up 3 hits, 1 ER, and had another SO in 1.1 IP.

[Coug00]

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http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news....jsp&c_id=sea#

lol @ sending out Burke to pitch in the 15th inning of a tie game.

Piss poor bullpen management perhaps?

Riggelman is a goob, but in his defense they had no one left to pitch. Morrow had pitched 4 of the last 5 days and Rhodes slept on his arm funny the night before.

The Mariners pitching staff is a DISASTER. They only have 3 healthy starters (I use that term loosely when the starters are Washburn, Dickey, and Silva), so 2 out of 5 games are bullpen combos from start to finish.

[Blzer]

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I recall Mark Grace coming in for the Diamondbacks once. He did the Mike Fetters imitation where there's that snap-scowl after looking at the ground, it was hilarious! Steve Finley hit a home run off of him I believe.

And I think Derek Bell once pitched an inning for Pittsburgh. He threw like 60 MPH.

[Beantown]

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Dave McCarty pitched for the Red Sox before.

[nyisles16]

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It happens more often in "blow-out" games, where the losing team doesn't want to send someone out there anyway --not a tie game -YIKES..

Though I guess the O's didn't have anyone who could pitch in last year's 30-3 loss..

[fugazi]

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Doug Dascenzo one pitched an inning for the Cubs against the Mets in a blowout game...and the pic of him delivering to the plate wound up on his baseball card from that year...Score or Fleer, can't remember.