Chase Wright

Chase Wright is pitching in a Double-A Baseball game in that picture you are looking at. Yet, it wouldn’t be long until he got his big break: He was called up to a major league baseball team, and not just any major league team. He was called up to the New York Yankees.

How did he do? Well, he tied a Major League Baseball record in his first week on the mound. On April 22, 2007, Wright gave up 4 consecutive home runs to the Boston Red Sox, allowing them to sweep their division rival Yankees in their first meeting of the season. He worked hard, it seems, but he didn’t accomplish much, except to serve up basketball-sized pitches to obliging Red Sox.