Dental
School is Looking Pretty Good
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But not on August 4, 1993, when a twenty-six-year-old, big-hitting stud named Robin Ventura was nailed in the back by a 96 mph pitch from Nolan Ryan, who was wrapping up his twenty-seventh, and final, season in the majors. After taking a couple of cursory steps toward first base, Ventura decided it would be a good idea to charge the forty-six-year-old pitcher. You know, give the geezer a little taste of his own medicine. But Ventura was not tackled by the catcher. He was not rescued by his teammates. Approaching the Hall of Fame pitcher, he paused, probably wishing he’d become a dentist. Arriving at the mound unfettered, Ventura found an incredulous Ryan who stuck the youngster in a headlock and pounded on him until someone intervened. Ventura’s manager took him out of the game immediately after the scuffle, probably for psychiatric evaluation. He never made it to first base. Ryan pitched four more innings, got the win, and secured a place on highlight reels for eternity... . . .
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