Nolan ryan fighting in a baseball game

Franco was 35 at the time and he would go on to play another 14 seasons in MLB. Scott Radinsky, who is currently the Angels bullpen coach, threw a scoreless eighth inning for the White Sox in the game. He was the lead singer of the hardcore punk band Ten Foot Pole at the time, and a year later he started the punk band Pulley.

Radinsky and Pulley still tour, you know. He went 0 for 3. Ventura opened the scoring with his first-inning RBI single, but the Rangers walked away with a win. They scored all five runs in the sixth inning, when six of the first seven men they sent to the plate reached base. Ryan stayed in the game to allow two runs one earned on three hits and two walks in seven innings. It was the nd of his career wins. Ventura wore No. So we have 23 things to know on the 23rd anniversary of a brawl that involved a player wearing No.

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The day of the game, the team made the two-hour bus ride to Arlington to watch the Rangers play the White Sox. They arrived early to watch batting practice. Afterwards, they were led into the tunnel near the visiting clubhouse where they were introduced to the one and only Robin Ventura. This young ballplayer hoped to follow in Ventura's footsteps.

He didnt just want to make it to the major leagues, he wanted to excel at the sport and play the game right. Ventura was a perfect example of this type of ballplayer; a model citizen who probably drank milk and called his mother every day — or at least that was the image of Ventura at the time.

It was just a brief meeting, but Robin made an impression on the team, and specifically on that one player who would eventually fulfill his dream of baseball, later becoming one of the game's biggest stars.

Things went a little haywire in the game. The White Sox and Rangers hadn't been getting along at the time. Alex Fernandez plunked Texas slugger Juan Gonzalez the inning before. If Ryan wanted to retaliate as he often did , Ventura was the logical target because his single in the first inning gave the Sox a lead.

Despite the injury, he kept pitching, striking out eight. He was relieved by Kenny Rogers after walking Bill Pecota to start the eighth with a lead. Whatever happens during the game, you have to put out of your mind. It did take me a couple of hitters to get my rhythm back.

That was a 2-inch-wide cut.