Jeff Cirillo can pitch...

[brewdude15]

not sure if i should put this here, or in the major leagues forum, but....when did Jeff suddenly become a pitcher? I know on a couple other occasions (also refreshed my memory when they showed this on FSNW) that players have pitched an inning or so for a team (Shawn Green and Mark Grace for the D-Backs). I know when Mark Grace pitched a few years back, it was more of a comedic outing.

 

 

(Note: moved from WOAH SOLVDD; this is Major League forum material --1992)

[1992casey]

A team is faced with having a position player pitch every year or two. Either the bullpen is exhausted, the team's being blown out, or both.

 

I don't recall the last Brewer position player to pitch, but I'm sure someone will immediately remember.

[jlau20]

Didn't Surhoff do it atleast once? I don't remember that well...but I'm sure someone has done it since too. Someone else brought up Loretta I think?

[And That]

I know Loretta did, but was he the last guy? Trent Durrington maybe?

[DHonks]

I think Durrington and Loretta were the last two for the Brewers.

 

Remember, Cirillo was a highly-touted pitcher as an amateur, and was told that his only chance to reach the big leagues would be as a pitcher.

[kgbaseball]

I remember Loretta's outing against Cincy in Cincy.

[billyhallfan]

I rembember Durrington, and Grace doing the Fetters impression was great.

[dannyjnoonan]

I think managers should do it more often. Not only is is good to save your bullpen, it's good for morale. Did you see the D-Backs dugout when Cirillo was on the mound? Or the crowd? Happy faces in a 9-0 loss is alright. It gives you a high point to rally around the next day.

[hammytime]

My husband and I found it interesting that the D-Backs fans around us didn't realize it was Cirillo until about 8 or 9 pitches in. I did a double-take when I realized who was on the mound. Good for him, though, to step in there, and do okay, given the circumstances.

[HebrewHammer]

I remember Loretta's outing against Cincy in Cincy.

 

I wasn't watching on TV but I was listening on the radio to that one. I remember Uecker really getting a kick out of it. It was a day game I believe. Man, we lost a lot of games that year. I didn't watch many but I did listen to a lot at a job I had at the time and I just remember losing like every time.

[1992casey]

My every year or two estimate appears to be way off. A quick run-through at Baseball-Reference.com comes up with this list of position pitchers who pitched for the Brewers:

 <span style="font-weight: bold;">Trent Durrington</span> 2004 1 game 1/3 inning 0 earned runs
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Mark Loretta</span> 2001 1 game 1 inning 0 earned runs
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Rick Dempsey</span> 1991 2 games 2 innings 1 earned run
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Terry Francona</span> 1989 1 game 1 inning 0 earned runs
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Sal Bando</span> 1979 1 game 3 innings 2 earned runs
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Buck Martinez</span> 1979 1 game 1 inning 1 earned run
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Jim Gantner</span> 1979 1 game 1 inning 1 earned run

I easily could have missed somebody, but Surhoff never pitched.

[Baldkin]

Managers don't do it more often for one reason:

 

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/img/06-06/0620gaffe_canseco.jpg

[mls4]

"My every year or two estimate appears to be way off. A quick run-through at Baseball-Reference.com comes up with this list of position pitchers who pitched for the Brewers:"

I was also looking, and couldn't find any others. But if you look closer at the 3 players that pitched in 1979, you can find out they all pitched in the same game, August 29, 1979. The Royals were leading 13-4, still batting with no outs in the 4th inning. The Brewers had already burned 3 pitchers. Sal Bando takes over on the mound, allows the 2 inherited runners to score, plus 2 more runs, but gets out of the inning and settles down, pitching 2 more hitless innings. Jim Gantner comes in for the 7th, gives up a couple hits, and Buck Martinez pitches the 8th, giving up a run on a hit and walk. The Brewers lose 18-8.

[Paul77]

Lets hope it never comes up but Yost said earlier this year that if he had to, Gross would get the call.

[Kurt]

Darron Sutton mentioned that they faced eachother in high school and that Jeff's licence plate on his car was JC KSU (Jeff Cirrilo K's you)

[JJHardy7]

It'll be Barnwell if he gets called up in September. At this point, I'd rather see Barnwell pitch then hit.

[Fatter than Joey]

I think managers should do it more often.

 

Heh. Could you imagine the outrage if Craig Counsell would have taken the mound in one of our recent losses and started hamming it up?

 

 

I remember the Bando and Gantner games well from when I was a kid.

[davebobn]

Haha I remember the JC KSU story now too. Hilarious!!

[Jimbo]

Buck Martinez pitches the 8th, giving up a run on a hit and walk.

I believe he also had an RBI, making him the only AL "pitcher" to get an RBI in 1979.

[Invader3K]

I had to look up the Canseco reference, but that's pretty amazing. I can't believe a manager would have a star player like that pitch in a situation like that.

[Kurt]

I had to look up the Canseco reference, but that's pretty amazing. I can't believe a manager would have a star player like that pitch in a situation like that.

 

well the Standard was pretty much set with Canseco.

[Principessa21]

I think managers should do it more often. Not only is is good to save your bullpen, it's good for morale. Did you see the D-Backs dugout when Cirillo was on the mound? Or the crowd? Happy faces in a 9-0 loss is alright. It gives you a high point to rally around the next day.

I don't know if I agree. Maybe with some aging veteran, but I just think of Paul O'Neill. He pitched an inning when he was with the Red, and really regretted it because it messed up his arm.

 

[brettac1]

Wow. If Ned had sent Cirillo out to pitch in a blow-out, there would have been riots in the streets and a bloodthirsty mob forming around Miller Park.

[Paul77]

Wow. If Ned had sent Cirillo out to pitch in a blow-out, there would have been riots in the streets and a bloodthirsty mob forming around Miller Park.

Don't people do that anyway?

 

[bork]

I was at the Rick Dempsey game. Boston was killing the Brewers something like 16-4. Dempsey didn't do that bad. I must have blocked out the other pitchers, because I don't remember much else about the game.

 

I remember hoping that Molly would pitch. I think he had played every other position at some point in his career (except catcher).