Images: Robin Ventura Through The Years
New York Mets Robin Ventura scores in the eighth inning as the ball gets away from Atlanta Braves catcher Javy Lopez at Turner Field in Atlanta Sunday, Sept. 30, 2001. Lopez injured his ankle on the play and left the game.
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New York Mets third baseman Robin Ventura slides home on the wet tarp disguised as teammate Mike Piazza after the game against the New York Yankees was called because of rain Sunday, June 11, 2000 at Yankee Stadium in New York. Ventura stepped up to the plate, swung the bat and rounded the bases, sliding into second and home as the Mets watched from the dugout.
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Baltimore Orioles catcher Chris Hoiles and Chicago White Soxs Robin Ventura watch as Venturas hit clears the fence for a three-run home run in the fifth inning Wednesday, May 8, 1996, in Chicago.
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Los Angeles Dodgers manager Jim Tracy, center, holds back Robin Ventura, left, as Ventura screams at umpire Ed Montague in the seventh inning of the Dodgers game with the San Diego Padres on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004, in San Diego. Montague had called out Ventura on strikes in the previous inning.
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Los Angeles Dodgers Robin Ventura slides into home safe, for an inside-the-park home run as Atlanta Braves catcher Javy Lopez, right, makes a late tag in the seventh inning, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003, at Turner Field in Atlanta. The Dodgers went on to defeat the Braves 8-4.
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Robin Ventura, four-time Gold Glove-winning third baseman for the Chicago White Sox, plays third base for the White Sox triple-A affiliate Nashville Sounds on Monday, July 14, 1997, in Nashville, Tenn. Ventura injured an ankle March 21, 1997 and is playing his first game with the Sounds before rejoining the Chicago team.
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New York Yankees Robin Ventura tips his hat after a short tribute video of his time with Chicago White Sox prior to the start of the game, Monday, May 27, 2002, in Chicago.
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New York Yankees third baseman Robin Ventura falls into the photographers while trying to catch a foul hit by Anaheim Angels Scott Spiezio during the second inning of Game 3 of their American League Division Series in Anaheim, Calif., Friday, Oct. 4, 2002. Third base umpire Laz Diaz runs up to assist at right.
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New White Sox manager, Robin Ventura
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New York Yankees Robin Ventura, right, is checked by trainer Gene Monahan following a second inning collision with Seattle Mariners shortstop Carlos Guillen Sunday, April 28, 2002, in Seattle. Ventura left the game.
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Los Angeles Dodgers Robin Ventura takes a curtain call after hitting a grand slam off Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Chad Durbin in the seventh inning at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2004. Shawn Green, Jayson Werth, and Alex Cora also scored on the homer.
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The date of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center is embroidered on the sleeve of New York Mets Robin Ventura shown before a game against the Atlanta Braves in New York, Friday, Sept. 21, 2001. The game is the first baseball game to be held in New York since the terrorist attack last Tuesday felled the World Trade Center.
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New York Yankees Robin Ventura watches his game-winning home run leave the park against the Baltimore Orioles during the seventh inning of the Yankees 1-0 win, April 3, 2002, at Camden Yards in Baltimore.
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New York Mets Robin Ventura jumps on top of catcher Mike Piazza and pitcher Al Leiter after the Mets defeated the Cincinnati Reds 5-0, Monday, Oct. 4,1999, in Cincinnati. John Olerud is at right.
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Chicago White Sox Ron Karkovice, left, Harold Baines, Robin Ventura and Danny Tartabull bow their heads during a moment of silence before their game against the Seattle Mariners Tuesday, April 2, 1996, in Seattle, in honor of umpire John McSherry. McSherry collasped and died during a ball game Monday. The Mariners won, 3-2.
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New York Yankees third baseman Robin Ventura makes an off-balance throw to put out Anaheim Angels batter David Eckstein during the third inning of Game 1 of American League Division Series, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002, at Yankees Stadium in New York.
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New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra, left, joins Yankees third baseman Robin Ventura, center and Damon Constantino of Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I., on the field before the Yankees night game against the Boston Red Sox, Thursday, March 13, 2003, in Tampa, Fla. Constantino set a new record for consecutive hits by a college baseball player with 60, breaking Venturas record of 58 set in 1987 at Oklahomas State University.
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In this May 27, 2003, file photo, New York Yankees Robin Ventura watches a home run against the Boston Red Sox in a baseball game in New York. Ventura is replacing Ozzie Guillen as manager of the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox said that Ventura agreed to a multiyear deal on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011.
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Texas Ranger pitcher Nolan Ryan hits Robin Ventura of the Chicago White Sox after Ventura charged the mound in Arlington, Tex., on Aug. 4, 1993.
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New York Mets third baseman Robin Ventura makes an off-balance throw as he fields a lead-off bunt by Florida Marlins Luis Castillo in the first inning of their season home opener, Monday, April 12, 1999 at Shea Stadium in New York.
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