I've been reading Tim Kurkjian's "Is This a Great Game, or What?", a book I have enjoyed so far, and he mentions on page 17 that Joey Devine was the first player to give up grand slams in each of his first two career relief appearances.

Using the PI, we can confirm this.

First, here are all the reliever to give up homers in each of their first two relief appearances. 42 guys have done it. Devine gave up a granny in extra innings in the first game. Interesting, in the second game, he did give up a grand slam, although only 3 of the runs were charged to him because he came into the game with a runner on first. (This still matches what Kurkjian wrote.)

Since Devine did it in 2005, only Mauro Zarate has given up homers in each of his first two games. But he "only" gave up a solo homer to Ryan Howard and a three-run job to Todd Helton.

Also, this has nothing to do with anything, but I went to the Cardinals-Orioles spring training game yesterday and posted some photos of the stadium and game here. It should help you get in the mood!

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