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2008–09 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League season

Pitcher of the year (Carrao Bracho Award): David Austen (Zulia)

Al Weis

After that season, he and fleet-footed outfielder Tommie Agee were traded to the New York Mets for four players (among them slugger Tommy Davis and veteran pitcher Jack Fisher).

Bob Cremins

Robert Anthony Cremins (February 15, 1906 – March 27, 2004) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1927 season.

Burgmeier

Tom Burgmeier (born 1943), American Major League Baseball relief pitcher

Carol Higgins Clark

Clark's New York apartment building, The Belaire, was hit by a small plane on October 11, 2006 flown by New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle.

Chocolatera

Chocolatera is a type of metal pitcher used by Colombians for the preparation of hot chocolate drinks.

Clint Everts

Clinton Charles Everts (born August 10, 1984) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.

Craig McMurtry

Joe Craig McMurtry (born November 5, 1959 in Troy, Texas) was a pitcher for the Atlanta Braves (1983–86), Texas Rangers (1988–90) and Houston Astros (1995).

Daniel Nava

Taking the advice of Red Sox radio broadcaster Joe Castiglione, who before the game told him to swing as hard as he could on the first pitch because "that's the only first pitch in the majors you'll ever see," Nava did swing at the first pitch he saw and hit a grand slam off Phillies pitcher Joe Blanton into the Red Sox bullpen.

Dennis and Callahan

On June 2, 2005 Callahan upset some listeners during interviews with Red Sox CEO Larry Lucchino and relief pitcher Mike Timlin discussing the upcoming visit of Carson Kressley and the cast from Queer Eye at Fenway Park.

Dennis Sarfate

On December 12, 2007, Sarfate was traded by the Houston Astros along with Luke Scott, pitchers Matt Albers and Troy Patton, and third baseman Michael Costanzo to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for shortstop Miguel Tejada.

Eri Yoshida

On August 21, 2010, she was the feature story on FOX Sports' This Week In Baseball, where she was shown meeting her idol, Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield.

Floyd Weaver

David Floyd Weaver (May 12, 1941 – November 17, 2008) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who was born in Ben Franklin, Texas.

Fred Rath

Fred Rath, Jr. (born 1973), son of the above, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies

Gabe Gross

Promoted from Triple-A Syracuse on August 7, 2004, he saw limited duty against left-handed pitching.

George Prentiss

George Pepper Prentiss (a.k.a. George Pepper Wilson) (June 10, 1876 – September 23, 1902) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1901 through 1902 for the Boston Americans (1901–02) and Baltimore Orioles (1902).

Gerald Laird

Shortly before the 2002 season Oakland traded Laird to the Texas Rangers along with outfielder Ryan Ludwick, Jason Hart and Mario Ramos, for slugging first baseman Carlos Peña and southpaw relief pitcher Mike Venafro.

Giancarlo Alvarado

Giancarlo Carlos (Martinez) Alvarado (born January 24, 1978 in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a professional baseball pitcher in the New York Mets organization.

Gilmore Field

It was featured in a 1949 movie called The Stratton Story, starring James Stewart and June Allyson, the true story of a promising pitcher (Monty Stratton) whose career was curtailed due to a hunting accident that left him with an artificial leg.

Greater Buffalo Press

One of the sales representatives was Leonard Hershiser, father of future Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Orel Hershiser.

Guillermo Moscoso

On January 16, 2012, Moscoso was traded, along with fellow pitcher Josh Outman, to the Colorado Rockies for outfielder Seth Smith.

Gus Broberg

Gus Broberg was the father of former Major League Baseball pitcher Pete Broberg, and both were inducted into the Palm Beach Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.

H. glabra

Heliamphora heterodoxa, a marsh pitcher plant species native to Gran Sabana and the plateau of the Ptari-Tepui in Venezuela

Harold Mozingo

Harold Clifton Mozingo Jr (born March 29, 1985 in Tappahannock, Virginia) is a former Professional baseball pitcher in the Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays organizations.

Herb Bradley

Herbert Theodore Bradley (January 3, 1903 – October 16, 1959) was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1927 through 1929 for the Boston Red Sox.

Jake Volz

Jacob Phillip "Silent Jake" Volz (April 4, 1878 – August 11, 1962) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1901 and 1908 for the Boston Americans (1901), Boston Beaneaters (1905) and Cincinnati Reds (1908).

Jim Suchecki

James Joseph Suchecki (August 25, 1926 – July 20, 2000) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1950 through 1952 for the Boston Red Sox (1950), St. Louis Browns (1951) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1952).

Joseph Kerrigan

Joe Kerrigan, former relief pitcher and longtime pitching coach in Major League Baseball

Luis Vasquez

Luis Miguel Vasquez (born April 3, 1986) is a professional baseball pitcher who is with the Atlanta Braves organization.

Luke Prokopec

Kenneth Luke Prokopec (born February 23, 1978 in Blackwood, South Australia) is an Australian-born, right-handed pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays.

Mateo

Julio Mateo, American baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners.

McRoberts, Kentucky

Paul Toth, a major league pitcher in the 1960s, was born in McRoberts, although he grew up in Youngstown, Ohio.

N. alba

Nepenthes alba, a tropical pitcher plant species endemic to Peninsular Malaysia

Nate Field

He played two seasons (1997–98), earning Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Pitcher of the Year honors in his senior season.

Nicole Fawcett

Her mother played volleyball at Wright State and her maternal grandfather was a pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles in 1945.

Odd Man Out: A Year on the Mound with a Minor League Misfit

Other notable personnel McCarthy mentions meeting and/or playing against include Bobby Jenks, Chris Young, Derrick Turnbow, Prince Fielder, Manny Parra, Jonathan Broxton, Brian Harper, Casey Kotchman, Howie Kendrick, Ervin Santana, Mike Napoli, Jarrod Washburn, Bengie Molina.

Red Wilson

Wilson was the primary catcher for Tigers pitcher Frank Lary, who was known as "The Yankee Killer" because of his 16–3 record against the Yankees with Wilson catching.

Reggie Abercrombie

Though he never materialized into a consistent option for the Marlins, on April 19, 2006, while playing against the Cincinnati Reds in the Great American Ballpark, Abercrombie, facing pitcher Mike Gosling, hit a home run 486 feet, according to Hit Tracker Online's Standard Distance (considered "the best way of comparing home runs hit under a variety of different conditions" by the website).

Richard Carter

Dick Carter (1916–1969), American baseball pitcher, coach, and manager

Robinson Tejeda

Robinson Garcia Tejeda (born March 24, 1982, in Baní, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher with the Rojos del Águila de Veracruz.

Rollie's Follies

The Switch is On (The tale of switch-pitcher Pat Venditte successfully playing a game of cat and mouse against a switch-hitter)

Ryan Vogelsong

Vogelsong was acquired by the Pirates on July 30, 2001, along with outfielder Armando Ríos, for pitcher Jason Schmidt and outfielder John Vander Wal.

Sam McDowell

The character of Sam Malone, the alcoholic ex-Red Sox pitcher portrayed by Emmy Award winning actor Ted Danson in the television program Cheers, was based on the baseball life of McDowell.

Schilling tendon procedure

The procedure is named for Major League Baseball pitcher Curt Schilling, who required the surgery to be able to pitch for the Boston Red Sox in Game 6 of the 2004 American League Championship Series and Game 2 of the 2004 World Series.

Taos, Missouri

Taos is also the home of former major league baseball relief pitcher, Tom Henke (known in his playing days as "The Terminator") who won the 1992 World Series with the Toronto Blue Jays and, in the final season of his career, pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Winning Team

It is a fictionalized biography of the life of major league pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander (1887–1950) starring Ronald Reagan as Alexander, Doris Day as his wife, Aimee and Frank Lovejoy as baseball star Rogers Hornsby.

Trachsel

Steve Trachsel (born 1970), American Major League Baseball pitcher

Tyler Ruthven

Tyler is the son of former Major League Baseball pitcher Dick Ruthven.

Víctor Álvarez

Víctor Aurelio Álvarez (born November 8, 1976) is a Major League Baseball pitcher who currently plays for the Rojos del Águila de Veracruz of the Mexican League.

Zack Segovia

Zachary Ernest Segovia (born April 11, 1983) is an American professional baseball pitcher from Forney, Texas.


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