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With a 66-77 career record and a 4.59 ERA, Schourek was a journeyman who played on five teams, endured four elbow operations, and was out of organized baseball by age 32—and so the fact that he has wound up in the opposing dugout of a recreational league in Northern Virgina isn’t causing too many heads to turn...
...Schourek jogs into the outfield, and all my teammates see is a skinny, awkward, 6’5” lefty...
...Cleveland Indians in the ALDS that fall, and a very public and controversial dispute arose over who should be Boston’s starting pitcher for Game Four. Pedro Martinez seemed to be the obvious choice, but manager Jimy Williams stunned Red Sox Nation by selecting reclamation project Pete Schourek to start the game...
...most important start of his career, Schourek pitched brilliantly, throwing shutout ball into the sixth inning and allowing just two hits. He departed with a 1-0 lead, but the season ended abruptly after closer Tom Gordon, who had converted 43 consecutive save opportunities, gave up a two-run double to David Justice...
Nonetheless, Schourek had come up huge in his moment of truth, and I am thrilled to see that he is still in playing shape seven years later...