Hector Ramirez saw minors for decade, then made majors
Tossed from this May 1999 Louisville game for arguing balls and strikes, Hector Ramirez took out his frustrations on the dugout water fountain, The Louisville Courier-Journal wrote . Ramirez offered to pay for any damages, but team general manage Dale Owens declined, The Courier-Journal wrote . "This isn't the first time something like this has happened," Owens told The Courier-Journal . "Every now and then a player might lose it and do something like that, but as long as they're trying, we don't mind paying for a player taking out their frustrations." By that point, Ramirez had been trying in the minors for a decade , without seeing the majors. Later that year, though, he made it. He ultimately saw time in two big league campaigns, both with the Brewers. Ramirez' career began in 1989, signed by the Mets as a free agent out of his native Dominican Republic . Ramirez started with the Mets in the rookie Gulf Coast League . He played his first two se...
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