June 26, 200422 yr LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Robin Ventura hopes his pitching career started ? and finished ? on the same day. "Pretty uneventful. It's down pretty close to the bottom," the 36-year-old infielder said a day later when asked where the experience ranked on his personal highlights list. Ventura retired three batters on flyballs and allowed a single to Darin Erstad. "I just tried to throw it over the plate," Ventura said. "It was definitely weird." Ventura said the last time he pitched was "a lot of years ago." "I was not very good. I can honestly tell you that," he said. The loss was the fifth straight for the Dodgers after they won two of three against the New York Yankees. "You have games like that ? not too many," Dodgers manager Jim Tracy said. "Once or twice a year, you go through something like that. You hope you don't see that again too often." Ventura said pitching coach Jim Colborn approached him late in Friday night's game to tell him the Dodgers were thinking about having him pitching an inning. "I said I'd do it. I hope I don't have to do it anymore," Ventura said. "It says something about who he is," Tracy said. "He's the consummate professional player in every aspect of the game. It speaks volumes. What Robin did afforded us the opportunity of saving (Darren) Dreifort for an inning today." When asked if Ventura's pitching career was over, Tracy smiled and replied: "I'm very hopeful of that. He said he's unavailable today." The last position player to pitch for the Dodgers was Chris Donnels on May 5, 2001, at Wrigley Field. usatoday.com
June 26, 200422 yr I saw the highlight, he actually did better than some of our pitchers in the bullpen.
June 26, 200422 yr that's a trade I would like to see the yankees make, his defense is awesome. I miss robin. Or how about those Mets?
June 28, 200422 yr I remember when Wade Boggs pitched an inning for TB a couple years back. Threw a few knucklers.....and pitched an inning.
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