Dave LaRoche: 3.53 careerERA. Adam LaRoche: 0.00 career ERA.

So what if that's apples and oranges? Adam, son of Dave, looked very much like a big leaguepitcher Friday night as he mopped up for the White Sox against the Yankees.

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Prince Amukamara Jersey Aleft-hander just like his dad,Adam who's normally a first baseman/DH was perfect in his mound debut. He ended his inningwith a flourish, striking out Brendan Ryan on an 85 mph fastball.

Adam LaRoche strikes out Brendan Jonathan Bullard Jersey Ryan, who does a great bat flip.

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Before that,Adam broke off what you could calla modified LaLob . . .

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. . . which was an homage to Dave,who started throwing this floater late in his career.

Adam also has bragging rights over his brother Andy, a former major league infielder. Andy LaRoche pitched profe sionally, too, Joel Iyiegbuniwe Jersey but only in the minor leagues. Adam, who pitched in high school and college, pitched two games in the minors, the last time in 2003.

"I have begged every manager I have ever played for to let me go out there and pitch," . "I've had three or four situations, and they have all been extra-inning games when we're running low and three or four times where if we didn't score, I was going out the next Cody Whitehair Jersey half inning.

"Sure enough, every time we scored to go ahead. I've been close and never got to do it. That has been on my bucket list Dan Hampton Jersey for a long time."

White Sox manager Robin Ventura was impre sed.

He threw a good inning, Ventura told reporters, . I knew he was a pitcher, so we had talked about it before if there was a po sibility to go in there and looking the way the game was going he was going to get a chance to go in there. Hes a former pitcher. He pitched in the minor leagues so you knew he could handle it.

Adam returned to his day job in Mike Singletary Jersey the bottom of the ninth and kept the game going with a two-outRBI single, his fourth hit of the night. Alas, the White Sox fell 13-6.