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Article: Patrick's phone number is 911 `Emergency' man may land in starting rotation
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 7, 1998
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CopyrightCopyright 1998 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Bronswell Patrick's unique name has led to a decade of confusion
wherever he has played.
For 10 years, in ballparks from Madison to Modesto and Tucson to
Tacoma, public address announcers and radio broadcasters have
inverted the name, putting the "Patrick" in front of the
"Bronswell."
"That's been happening to me forever," Patrick said, chuckling.
"In Louisville this year, I told them just to call me Brons Patrick
and leave it at that. People have been messing it up my whole life,
so I'm used to it."
Many Brewers fans had never heard of Patrick when the 27-year-old
right-hander joined the Brewers in the middle of May.
They know him now.
Patrick has become the Brewers' "emergency" pitcher. ...