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Tuesday - September 6, 2005

Alumni News: Cox and Ontiveros

Buried down in this story from scout.com, you'll find the following quote:

RHP, J. Brent Cox, Tampa - It didn't take long for the College World Series hero to find his groove in the professional ranks. Making 9 relief appearances for the Tampa Yankees in August, Cox posted a scintillating 1.06 ERA, striking out 14 batters in 17 innings pitched and holding Florida State League batters to a .186 batting average.

Good for J. Brent!

And, in a very surprising turn of events, we learn that Jeff Ontiveros was pressed into service as a pitcher (yes, you read that right...a pitcher) during a recent Blue Rocks game. From the box, here's Jeff's line:

               IP  H  R ER BB SO HR   ERA
  Ontiveros   1.1  2  1  1  0  0  1  6.75

Heh. The final score of the game? 7-16. You can probably guess that Jeff's Blue Rocks were on the losing end of that score. Jeff pitched the final 1.1 innings for the Blue Rocks. Pretty amazing that he gave up only 1 of those 16 runs, eh? Wow. Quoting Aaron McFarling of The Roanoke Times:

The Blue Rocks aren't exactly the '27 Yankees. Need proof? Well, they were laughing on the mound during a blowout. Down by 13 runs to Salem in the first game Thursday, the Blue Rocks had brought Jeff Ontiveros, their burly DH, in to pitch. So there were their infielders, gathered around the rubber, covering their faces with their gloves, chuckling away their pain.

Their "burly" DH. Tee hee. Too funny. 'Wish I coulda seen it.

Posted by Joanna at 11:23 PM