Cubs rookie Casey Coleman becomes baseball’s first third-generation pitcher

Casey Coleman made his big-league debut in the sixth inning last night and in doing so became the first third-generation pitcher in MLB history. His father, Joe Coleman, was an All-Star in 1972 and won 142 games while pitching for six different teams. His grandfather, also Joe Coleman, was an All-Star in 1948 and won 52 in the 1940s and 1950s. Casey Coleman got knocked around for six runs in his debut and the former 15th-round pick faces long odds to follow in those All-Star footsteps, but history is history. There have been three sets of third-generation hitters in the Bells, the Boones, and the Hairstons.