Brewers first baseman Lyle Overbay pitched last night

Veteran first baseman Lyle Overbay made the first pitching appearance of his career last night at age 37, retiring the only batter he faced to get the Brewers out of the eighth inning in a blowout loss to the Braves.

Overbay got Braves catcher (and former teammate) Ryan Doumit to pop out in a six-pitch at-bat and afterward Doumit had some funny quotes about the matchup:

Anytime you face another position player, you just don’t want to strike out, especially against another Washington boy and former teammate. So, I was just trying to put the bat on the ball. The kid has nasty stuff. He’s got a bright future. I’m going to keep my eye on him.

Overbay, who pitched a little bit in college 15 years ago, topped out at 83 miles per hour.

MLB.com has the video:

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I love this stuff.

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