Mitch Moreland Still Pitching In for Texas After Dodging Move to Mound

Filed under: Giants, Rangers, MLB Playoffs, World Series

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Two Octobers ago, Mitch Moreland wasn't allowed to touch a bat.

Moreland, whose three-run homer Saturday helped the Rangers get back in the World Series with a Game 3 victory, was in the 2008 Instructional League, a fall gathering for top prospects. But even though that summer he had hit .324 in Single-A, leading the Midwest League, Moreland was in Arizona to pitch.

"He shined" that fall, according to Mike Anderson, then a minor-league pitching coach and now a pro scout for Texas. But Moreland didn't want to give up hitting.

"Give me one year," general manager Jon Daniels remembers Moreland saying. "Let me hit. I think I can do it."

Good thing for the Rangers they granted his wish.

Source: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/10/30/mitch-moreland-still-pitching-in-for-texas-after-dodging-move-to/

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