PITTSBURGH -- Reliever Ben Rowen is a baseball throwback, a sidearm submarine pitcher that is getting a late-season look with the Brewers.
The right-hander is a kindred spirit with some other submarine hurlers in baseball history evoking memories of Ted Abernathy, Elden Auker, Chad Bradford, Mark Eichhorn, Gene Garber, Kent Tekulve and Dan Quisenberry.
"I watched other guys when I was growing up," Rowen explained. "One of the biggest was Chad Bradford, he was still pitching when I was growing up, and anytime he was on television, I sat and watched him, and I actually connected with him about a year and a half ago, and hopefully I'll connect with him a little more.