{"id":1881,"date":"2012-06-09T04:44:49","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T10:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=1881"},"modified":"2012-06-03T08:37:02","modified_gmt":"2012-06-03T14:37:02","slug":"379-steve-fireovid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/379-steve-fireovid\/","title":{"rendered":"#379 &#8211; Steve Fireovid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Fireovidsteve.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1901\" title=\"Fireovidsteve\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Fireovidsteve.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"295\" \/><\/a>Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Steve Fireovid<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rank<\/strong>: 379<\/p>\n<p><strong>Position<\/strong>: P<\/p>\n<p><strong>Year With White Sox<\/strong>: 1985<\/p>\n<p>Steve Fireovid was one of the last cuts of spring training in 1985, with a curveball pitching coach Dave Duncan described as &#8220;unhittable&#8221;. \u00a0When he was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo in early July, that curveball was nowhere to be found, and Firevoid managed to appear in only 4 games with the big-league club before being returned to Buffalo to make room on the roster for Joel Skinner. \u00a0He was eventually released following the season.<\/p>\n<p>Fireovid&#8217;s\u00a0numbers in a White Sox uniform, both\u00a0for games I attended and overall, were:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">Career Pitching<\/p>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; 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font-family: Calibri;\">HBP<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri;\">Games<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">9.00<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; 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