June 2, 2009

Daniel Schlereth / ESPNs Mark Schlereth Join NFL/MLB History

Daniel Schlereth, son of ESPN's Mark Schlereth, pitched a scoreless 6th for the Arizona Diamondbacks in relief Friday, May 29th. The father - son team joined a select team of father - sons to each play in one of the two leagues.

Dad tweeted:

Daniel is getting warm in the pen and i'm about sick! nervous daddy!
10:25 PM May 29th from web

1,2,3 for the boy! yea. good job son thanks to all for your support! 10:46 PM May 29th from web

The morning after Daniels MLB debut. Family still excited and proud and very drained! Good job boy! thanks for thoughts and prayers. 12:15 PM May 30th from web


Other father sons to pull this off:

Lee Gross (NFL) - Gabe Gross (MLB)
Don Patterson (NFL) - Corey Patterson (MLB)
Yogi Berra (MLB) - Tim Berra (NFL)
Lou Brock (MLB) - Lou Brock (NFL)
Jack Snow (NFL) - J.T. Snow (MLB)
Mark Schlereth (NFL) - Daniel Schlereth (MLB)

Daniel pitched again sunday and Mark was on Twitter again:

hey all Daniel just threw a scorless 8th looked great although dad is ready to vomit!
5:51 PM May 31st from web

Best weekend of my sports life! way to go daniel and family youre awesome!
7:29 PM May 31st from web

Remember - Mark knows big weekends. He has three Super Bowl rings to go with his 29 surgeries...

Congratulations to the Schlereth Familia for a good great sports story.

Bob


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