What is with former Twins infielders pitching for AZ?

[Scottiehaswheels]

Just checking out the box scores lately for the D'Backs.. Last Tuesday they used Augie Ojeda to pitch a scoreless 8th and last night used Jeff Cirillo to pitch a scoreless 9th... Kinda funny to see, wonder who amongst our infielders would fare as well?

[TwinKess]

Really? Weird. Nobody here is talking about it. Maybe we could use him as a starter this year...

[chaerulez]

It's not uncommon, especially late in the season for a position player be brought in to pitch in a blowout. It just so happened the blowouts were close and that they were both former Twins players.

[HomeFish]

Did Augie Ojeda really get that much playing time with the Twins?

[TDog]

I seem to recall reading once that Pablo Ozuna was available to pitch in a game where the White Sox nearly ran out of pitchers.

[Huisj]

Cirillo actually looked like he had some decent sinking movement on his fastball, and he wasn't throwing lolly pops in there. Better looking than some position players I've seen pitch.

[oeo]

I seem to recall reading once that Pablo Ozuna was available to pitch in a game where the White Sox nearly ran out of pitchers.

I think it was the second or third game of the season in 2005, when Chris Widger was warming up in the bullpen.

[WhiteSoxJunkie]

I think it was the second or third game of the season in 2005, when Chris Widger was warming up in the bullpen.

That's right. I forgot about that. That was the game vs Cleveland where Shingo blew it in the 9th, then Vizcaino took a beating in the 11th because there was no one else to pitch.

[MDF3530]

Really? Weird. Nobody here is talking about it. Maybe we could use him as a starter this year...
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[TwinKess]

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Medium Turquoise is no teal.

Damn, the teal police got me. I'm a Twins fan, what do I know? :cool: