On August 4, 1993, Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan plunked Chicago White Sox third baseman Robin Ventura. After being hit by the pitch, Ventura charged the 46-year-old Ryan who caught Ventura in a headlock and punched him in the head six times before being separated. The benches cleared and several smaller fights broke out. Ventura was ejected, while Ryan was allowed to stay in the game.

Ryan had announced before that 1993 season that it would be his last and would retire after the season completed. Just over a month later, Ryan tore a ligament in his pitching arm which effectively ended his career before the season ended. Ryan, of course, is one of the most famous pitchers of all time. His career spanned four decades and he went on into the Hall of Fame. He is now the owner, CEO and team president of the Texas Rangers.

Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Justin Upton tries to secure one of the final outs in the ninth inning when San Diego Padres outfielder Aaron Cunningham hits a fly ball over near foul territory. Just as Upton is about to secure the second out of the inning, a defiant Padres fan reaches out into the field of play (which is against the rules and should’ve resulted an out) and catches the ball. As Upton looks at the fan in disbelief, likely thinking an Arizona fan stole the ball from him since it was a home game, the brass-balled fan points to his Padres hat like he owns the place. It didn’t amount to much in the end as Cunningham then flied out to left field and the final batter struck out to end the game. The Diamondbacks won the game, 3-1.

No outs, runners on first and second. The batter hits a towering fly ball into center field. The center fielder goes back to make the catch, bobbles it off his glove, then off the top of his head yet he somehow secures the catch. He rifles it to the second baseman who tags second base for the second out. The throw to the first baseman clinches the triple play as he tags first base for the final out of the inning. That’s right. An 8-4-3 triple play.

Thanks to WOWT-TV for the coverage of this Omaha Storm Chasers vs. Nashville Sounds game.

All right, here’s the first pitch of the game. Got my snacks ready. Got myself a beer. My girlfriend is out with her friends. Am I forgetting something?

Oh, that’s right. Like Cole Hamels, I need to drop a deuce. Be right back!

This is one hell of a catch. Very impressive stuff.

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On the new Showtime series, “The Franchise”, the show chronicles the San Francisco Giants’ season. The show has its fair share of silly moments, as expected with the likes of Brian Wilson’s “GOT HEEM!” phenomena and such. The latest silliness involves first baseman Aubrey Huff showing off his dancing abilities… if you could call them that.

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Former President George W. Bush was just minding his own business, taking in a baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the team he used to own, the Texas Rangers. All of a sudden, would-be assassin Adrian Beltre hit a pop-up foul ball that came within inches of the President! GET DOWN! RED TEAM GO! RED TEAM GO! Everyone owes White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski their gratitude for ensuring his safety! Okay, it’s obviously not that serious, not at all actually. But it is a fun moment that was thankfully caught on tape.

Everybody loves to laugh at the expense of others, right? Maybe that’s just me. But we here at The Dugout Doctors would like to present for you all the bad first pitch (or ceremonial pitch) videos. From Barack Obama (not that bad) to Ba-Ba Booey (awful). And although we don’t expect many females to burn one in at 90-plus MPH, we’ve got to include the slow rollers of a few select women. Enjoy the videos! Please contact me if any of the videos are no longer working or if we missed any really bad first pitches!

I’ll rank the quality (or lack thereof) of each pitch in case you only want to see the truly terrible pitches.
Good… if you were a young child

Embarrassing

Pitiful

WTF was that?!

Olympic champion Carl Lewis

WTF was that?!

Justin Bieber

Good… if you were a young child

President Barack Obama

Embarrassing

Singer Mariah Carey

WTF was that?!

Comedian Adam Carolla

Pitiful

Gary “Ba-Ba Booey” Dell’Abate

WTF was that?!

The Kardashians

Embarrassing

Pittsburgh Steelers’ Troy Polamalu

Good… if you were a young child

Olympian Shawn Johnson

WTF was that?!

Boston Celtics’ Kevin Garnett

Good… if you were a young child

Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist

WTF was that?!

Cincinnati mayor Mark L. Mallory

WTF was that?!

UFC champion Jon “Bones” Jones

Good… if you were a young child.

PhillieBot fail (featuring Keyboard Cat)

Embarrassing

2010 Miss USA Rima Fakih

Good… if you were a young child

Charlie Brown mascot

WTF was that?!

American Idol’s Randy Jackson

Pitiful

Chewbacca

Embarrassing

Will Ferrell aka “Rojo Johnson”

Embarrassing

They say youth is wasted on the young. But I don’t think an old guy could pull this off and live to tell the tale. Actually, the old guy has too much sense to even attempt such a dumb stunt.

Randy Moss at the Plate?

Ever since Randy Moss came into the NFL in 1998 the viewing public has been enamored with his highlight reel catches and supreme athleticism, but not many people know about his baseball background. Randy played CF in high school and lettered in high school and fee free to take a look at his swing nowadays.

The video below is taken from Heath Evans’ charity softball game and Randy looks good at the plate although the ball does not travel very far in this AB. He looks like Dexter Fowler at the dish, but look at that speed. OMG!

Haha, it looks like Randy still plays when he wants to play and is mentioned in possible trade rumors to the Cowboys. Let us know what you think of Randy playing softball.

@MatAnaya