Palmeiro & son make for Murderers' Row in minor leagues
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}BALTIMORE - AUGUST 12: Rafael Palmeiro #25 of the Baltimore Orioles watches from the dugout as his team plays against the Toronto Blue Jays August 12, 2005 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland. Palmeiro was named in the Mitchell Report that was released December 13, 2007 by a committee looking into use of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball and headed by former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
SUGAR LAND, Texas -- Rafael Palmeiro teamed with son Patrick to help the Sugar Land Skeeters beat Camden 10-4 on Friday night in the Atlantic League.
Playing their first game together after the 50-year-old Rafael signed Thursday, the father-son combination went 4 for 9 with five RBIs.
Rafael went 2 for 4 as the designated hitter, driving in a run with a single in the fifth inning. The 25-year-old Patrick played third base and went 2 for 5 with four RBIs.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Rafael was a four-time All-Star in 20 seasons in the major leagues with the Chicago Cubs, Texas and Baltimore. He hit .288 with 569 homers and 1,835 RBIs, but his career was tarnished by a 10-day suspension in 2005 for a positive steroids test -- after he testified at a congressional hearing that he had never taken the performance-enhancing drugs.
The Skeeters also signed Roger Clemens to pitch for them in 2012, and former NBA star Tracy McGrady took the mound for them last year.