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As seen in TDA Baseball . See the original article here. I originally came across Pat Venditte in MLB The Show 19 franchise mode when I signed him in free agency. I had no clue of Venditte’s unique ability and when I had him appear in his first game, my former 15-year-old self was flabbergasted that he was throwing from both sides of the mound. I thought the game was glitched or something, but little did I know that looking up Venditte and learning about his switch-pitching m

The New York Yankees have had a flurry of pitchers make one-off appearances over the years. The Cuban right-hander of Chi Chi Gonzalez is no exception. In 2022 Gonzalez, whose real name is Alexander Rios Gonzalez, signed a minor league deal with New York after being released by the Tigers in late August of 2022. Gonzalez would spend roughly a month in Triple-AAA SWB before getting called-up to the majors on October 2nd. This late-season roster move gave Chi Chi major league s

Wearing the pinstripes that is the New York Yankees uniform is something that is taken with pride and honor when a player buttons up the historic jersey. When it comes to notable Yankees you think of Jeter, Ruth, Mantle and A-Rod as a few of many. There have been many players that were expected to become big when they arrived in New York, as a product of the Yank’s farm system. Some did become what they were expected to be like Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres. Then you have a

You could say that some of, if not all the players on this list are considered ‘forgotten’ when it comes to their Yankees career....

Anthony Banda is going to be one of those rare occasion players who will get a ‘forgotten players’ column made for them on both the...

The Yankees saw Geoff Hartlieb become the worst statistical pitcher in franchise history with a 40.50 ERA in 1.1 innings. New York would...

Wilking Rodriguez is a real life Crash Davis from the movie Bull Durham .  Rodriguez, a right-hander out of Venezuela, made his MLB debut...

Danny Woodhead is primarily remembered for his San Diego Chargers career, which spanned from 2013-16. Before California and even before...

Kyle Orton was selected by the Chicago Bears as a mid-round pick in 2005, to begin what would ultimately be a journeyman career. By 2014,...

Ask literally anyone who has the slightest bit of NFL knowledge and they will tell you that C.J. Spiller is only remembered for his time...

As of 6/23/25 there have been 1,036 players in New York Mets history to record at least one regular season at-bat with the team. Out of...

From the creation of the ‘forgotten’ players column in 2022, we have only done a handful of forgotten New York Giants. I was on...

2017 was the first season since 2012 where the New York Yankees were able to play some meaningful baseball and get back into that...

The New York Knicks have gone through a numerous amount of players during their dark years since 2014. I remember when I started the New...

Considering that there have been 653 different players to throw at least one pitch for the New York Mets, it is easy to forget who a few...

Jacob Barnes will go down as one of the biggest forgotten Yankees in New York sport history. Why? You ask – Well it’s because he only...

Kirby Yates is preparing to go into year 11 of his playing career in the majors. The soon-to-be 38-year-old got his start off with Tampa...

Editor’s Forenote: I have decided to make an article series highlighting the players of the West Haven Yankees. A total of 28 players...

Ivan Nova was with the New York Yankees for 6 years, 10 [years] if you count his time in the minors. Nova appeared in 131 games in the...

Josh Smoker was starting to look like a real life Bull Durham, spending 8 years in the minor leagues. Smoker’s early career was plagued...