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- Updated: August 13, 2016
NEW YORK — Suffice it to say, Clayton Richard’s outing at Citi Field on Sunday will have quite a bit more fanfare than the last time the veteran left-hander took the mound to start a baseball game.
The Lafayette All-Stars and the Monticello Tribe — a pair of 15-16 year-old youth baseball teams near Richard’s hometown of Lafayette, Ind. — might disagree, however.
Richard, who starts Sunday for the first time since signing with the Padres a week ago, was designated for assignment by the Cubs on July 26. Hoping to stay fresh, Richard was determined to find another way to get on a mound and face live hitters.
So he phoned Josh Loggins, a friend of his and the Lafayette All-Stars manager, asking if he had any high school hitters who wanted to face a big league lefty.
“I knew I was going to be home for a few days, and it was an opportunity to get off the mound and face some guys,” Richard said. “I was hoping to face some hitters, just to have a guy in the box.
“He said, ‘Sure, come out at 7.’ So I show up, and there are two teams there. I guess one team was short on pitching. So …
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