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Before Leury Garcia and Alexei Ramirez, there was Frank Isbell and Sam Mertes

The only other time the White Sox pitched two position players in the same game, they had a lot more fun with it

Depending on your attitude, Robin Ventura did something sad, awesome, desperate and/or hilarious by pitching both Leury Garcia and Alexei Ramirez in the White Sox' 17-6 loss to Oakland on Tuesday night.

Whatever it was, it was certainly historic. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Ventura became just the second White Sox manager to pitch two position players in the same game ... and the other one, Clark Griffith, did it during the second year of the franchise's existence back on Sept.