Josías Manzanillo
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Josías Manzanillo Adams (born October 16, 1967) is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1991 and 2004 for eight different teams.
Career
In 1997, Manzanillo suffered a grisly injury while pitching for the Seattle Mariners. Not wearing a protective cup, he was struck in the groin by a line drive off the bat of Manny Ramírez which ruptured his testicles. Manzanillo managed to recover the baseball, throw out Jim Thome at home plate and sprint off the field under his own power before undergoing emergency reconstructive surgery.[1][2]
On December 13, 2007, Manzanillo was one of many athletes mentioned in the detailed Mitchell Report by former Senator George Mitchell. In the report, former New York Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski claimed that in 1994 Manzanillo asked Radomski to inject him with the steroid Deca-Durabolin, which Radomski did. Radomski stated that he remembered the event clearly because it was the only time he ever injected a player with steroids, and indeed the only time he actually saw a player use steroids. Manzanillo denied ever having used performance-enhancing drugs, saying that he once paid Radomski $200–$250 for one cycle of steroids but then "chickened out or thought better of it" and never took possession of the drugs.[3]
Personal life
His brother, Ravelo Manzanillo, played three seasons for two teams, as well as eighteen seasons for various Minor League and international teams. On June 30, 1994, they became the first pair of brothers to both earn a save on the same day.[4]
See also
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- Living people
- Albuquerque Isotopes players
- Boston Red Sox players
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Mexico
- Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Dominican Summer League Red Sox players
- Durham Bulls players
- Elmira Pioneers players
- Florida Marlins players
- Greensboro Hornets players
- Hickory Crawdads players
- Leones del Escogido players
- Louisville Bats players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic
- 20th-century Dominican Republic sportsmen
- Memphis Chicks players
- Mexican League baseball pitchers
- Milwaukee Brewers players
- Nashville Sounds players
- New Britain Red Sox players
- New Orleans Zephyrs players
- New York Mets players
- New York Yankees players
- Norfolk Tides players
- Omaha Royals players
- Pastora de los Llanos players
- Pawtucket Red Sox players
- Pericos de Puebla players
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- Seattle Mariners players
- Tacoma Rainiers players
- Winter Haven Red Sox players
- Baseball players from San Pedro de Macorís
- Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Venezuela