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10/08/2020. Yanks Wins 5-1, 2 Games to 2. Kenny Rogers Guarantees Win with $350 Million Pitcher Garrett Cole!!!!!

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Yanks Wins 5-1, 2 Games to 2. Luke Voit hit a solo homer and Gleyber Torres smashed a two-run jack as the Yankees forced a decisive Game 5 with a 5-1 win.
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Tampa had a pitcher who was 6'10". He was not the largest players in baseball history!
Largest player was Jon Rauch who was 6'11", played 12 years with 7 teams including Mets.




Playing for NY Mets
Jon Erich Rauch (born September 27, 1978) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. At 6 feet 11 inches (2.11 m), he is the tallest player in Major League Baseball history.[1] He is also an Olympic Gold Medalist in baseball.

Signed contracts for $10.2 million!

Professional career

Chicago White Sox

Rauch, weighing 290 pounds, was drafted in the third round of the 1999 amateur draft by the Chicago White Sox. He debuted with the White Sox on April 2, 2002.

In 2002, Rauch's first stint in the big leagues resulted in a 6.59 ERA in eight games and six starts. He did not play in the majors in 2003, then returned to the majors in 2004 after a strong Triple-A campaign. However, against major league batters he again posted a high ERA of 6.23. In July 2004, Rauch was traded to the Montréal Expos along with Triple-A reliever Gary Majewski for Carl Everett.

Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals

On August 13, 2004, Rauch hit a home run against the Houston Astros off Roger Clemens, making him the tallest man ever to hit a home run in Major League Baseball. Despite a strong finish to the season in Montréal, Rauch was sent to the minors when the Expos moved to Washington. After putting up better numbers in the minors, Rauch finished the 2005 season with the Nationals, used mostly as a reliever, and going 2-4 with a 3.60 ERA.

In 2006, Rauch had his best season, posted a 4-5 record, a 3.35 ERA, and appearing in 85 games, second most in the NL.

In 2007, Rauch led the Major Leagues in appearances with 88. He finished the year with an 8-4 record, four saves, and a 3.61 ERA. His eight victories led the team in wins, a rarity in baseball for a relief pitcher.

On February 2, 2008, Rauch signed a two-year contract with the Nationals, worth a total of $3.2 million.[2] Before being traded, Rauch spent most of the year as the closer in place of injured Chad Cordero.[3]

Rauch won the first game in the history of Nationals Park.

Arizona Diamondbacks

On July 22, 2008, Rauch was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks for second base prospect Emilio Bonifacio.[4]

Minnesota Twins

On August 28, 2009, Rauch was traded to the Minnesota Twins for RHP Kevin Mulvey.[5] He appeared in 17 games for the Twins before the end of the season, posting a 5-1 record with a 1.72 ERA.[6]

On April 2, 2010, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire named Rauch the team's closer, replacing the injured Joe Nathan.[7] On April 6, 2010 Rauch earned his first save as a Twin with a perfect ninth with two strikeouts versus the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in a 5-3 win. Rauch served as the team's closer through August, when the Twins acquired Matt Capps. During his time as closer, he saved 21 games in 25 opportunities.

After the Twins acquired Capps, Rauch returned to his previous role as a set-up man and long reliever.

Toronto Blue Jays

On January 17, 2011 the Blue Jays signed Rauch to a one-year deal worth $3.5M that included a club option for $3.75M in 2012.[8]

Blue Jays manager John Farrell suffered a dislocated jaw while attempting to restrain Rauch from going after umpire Alfonso Marquez during a game on July 2, 2011.[9] Both Rauch and Farrell were ejected from the game.[10]

After pitching in a game against the Seattle Mariners on August 15, 2011, Rauch was taken to a Seattle hospital for an emergency appendectomy. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list on August 16, 2011. At the time of injury, Rauch led the Blue Jays in appearances (with 51), posting a 5-4 record with a 4.47 earned run average and 11 saves.[11]

New York Mets

Rauch with the New York Mets

On December 6, 2011, Rauch agreed to a one-year, $3.5 million contract with the New York Mets. On May 1st, 2012, Rauch faced Houston Astros 2nd baseman José Altuve. The 18-inch (460mm) height difference is believed to be the biggest between pitcher and batter with exception of a 1951 publicity stunt in which a 3-foot-7-inch (1.09m) Eddie Gaedel had one plate appearance for the St. Louis Browns. [12]

Miami Marlins

On February 5, 2013, Rauch agreed to a one-year deal with the Miami Marlins.[13] Rauch was designated for assignment on May 18.[14] At the time of his designation, Rauch had a 1–2 record with an earned run average of 7.56. He was released on May 23, 2013.[15]

Baltimore Orioles

On June 1, 2013, it was announced that the Orioles had signed Rauch to a minor league contract.[16] On July 3, Rauch opted out of his minor league contract. He went 1-0 with a 2.89 ERA in 10 appearances over 9.1 innings, striking out 10.[17]

Kansas City Royals

On January 23, 2014, Rauch signed a minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals with an invitation to Spring training.[18] He was released on March 28.

Rauch retired following the 2014 season.




MLB debut
April 2, 2002, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
May 17, 2013, for the Miami Marlins
MLB statistics
Win–loss record43–40
Earned run average3.90
Strikeouts475
Teams
Jon Rauch
Medal record
Men's baseball
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2000 SydneyTeam

Today in Yankees History 10/08
1922Behind Art Nehf's complete-game five-hitter, the Giants repeat as World Champions, sweeping the Yankees in five games, including one tie. George Kelly's RBI single fuels the comeback 5-3 victory during the three-run eighth inning at the Polo Grounds.
1927n the bottom of the ninth of Game 4, Pirates right-hander Johnny Miljus loads the bases with no outs, but gets Lou Gehrig to strike out swinging and strikes out Bob Meusel looking. The 32 year-old Pittsburgh hurler, facing Tony Lazzeri with two outs and a 0-1 count, throws a wild pitch, and Earle Combs races home with the winning run to give the Yankees the Fall Classic sweep of the Bucs and the team's second world championship.

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Incomparable 1927 New York Yankees

1929In front of 50,000 fans at Wrigley Field, surprise starter Howard Ehmke establishes a new World Series record, striking out 13 Cubs en route to a 3-1 A's victory in Game 1 of the Fall Classic. The mark will last for 34 years until Dodger hurler Carl Erskine fans 14 Yankees in 1953.
1939In the top of the tenth, Yankee outfielder Joe DiMaggio scores all the way from first base when Reds' catcher Ernie Lombardi lies in a daze at home plate after being run over by 'King Kong' Charlie Keller. The Bronx Bombers score three runs thanks to 'Lombardi's Swoon' and will go on to win the game, 7-4, to complete the World Series sweep and become the first club to win four consecutive Fall Classics.
1956Don Larsen pitches the first perfect game in World Series history, defeating the Dodgers, 2-0 in Game 5 of the Fall Classic at Yankee Stadium. The 27 year-old right-hander, who had a poor start in Game 2 because of a lack of control, throws only 97 pitches, striking out pinch-hitter Dale Mitchell looking for the final out.

1961In Game 4 at Crosley Field, Whitey Ford blanks the Reds for five innings to extend his World Series consecutive scoreless inning streak to 32, breaking Red Sox hurler Babe Ruth's previous record of 29.2 innings. Hector Lopez and Clete Boyer provide the offense, driving in two runs each in the Yankee 6-0 victory.
1962In Game 4 of the World Series, Chuck Hiller's seventh-inning grand slam off Marshall Bridges proves to be the difference in the Giants' 7-3 victory at Yankee Stadium. The infielder's bases-loaded homer, the first by a National Leaguer in the history of the Fall Classic, helps to even the series at two games apiece.
1995Thanks to a two-run double off Jack McDowell by Edgar Martinez, the Mariners become only the fourth team in major league history to overcome a two-game deficit to win a five-game series when they dramatically come-from-behind to beat the Yankees in 11 innings, 6-5.
1995After dropping the first two games of the series, the Mariners make a dramatic comeback in Game 5 to beat the Yankees with a 6-5 extra-inning victory to capture the ALDS. Ken Griffey Jr. ties a major league record when he hits his fifth home run in the postseason series, an eighth-inning round-tripper off David Cone, equaling the mark Reggie Jackson established in 1977 when he went deep five times in the World Series against the Dodgers.

2007With a 6-4 victory at Yankee Stadium, the Indians advance to the ALCS for the first time since 1995. The Tribe's win ends the Bronx Bombers' season and begins speculation of the impending firing of New York skipper Joe Torre, who was chastised in the press yesterday by owner George Steinbrenner for the team's first-round woes.
2007A 6-4 defeat to the Indians in Game 4 of the ALDS at the Stadium proves to be Joe Torre's final game with the Yankees. The veteran skipper, who during his 12-year tenure with the Bronx Bombers saw the team win 1,173 games and make the postseason every year, will later reject a $5 million, one-year contract to return as manager, a deal many believe to be structured to oust the popular pilot without upsetting the fans.
2010Although the Astros finish ten games under .500, the team exercises the 2012 option on the contract of their manager Brad Mills and adds a club option for the following season. After a dismal 17-34 start and the loss of veterans Roy Oswalt to the Phillies and Lance Berkman to the Yankees, the first-year skipper pilots Houston to a 59-52 record after June 1.
2018Brock Holt becomes the first player to hit for the cycle in a postseason game when he hits a ninth-inning home run in the Red Sox's 16-1 rout of the Yankees in Game 3 of the American League Division Series. The Boston infielder collected a single and triple in the team's seven-run fourth frame and added a double in the eighth inning during the Bronx ballpark contest.




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