Bronswell Dante Patrick (born September 16, 1970) is a former baseball relief pitcher and current pitching coach for the Acereros de Monclova of the Mexican League. He played in parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) and appeared in several international leagues. Playing career Patrick attended D. H. Conley High School in Winterville, North Carolina where he played baseball, basketball and football. He had scholarship offers to play both football and baseball at NC State University but chose instead to sign with the Oakland Athletics after they selected him in the 23rd round of the 1988 MLB draft with the 593rd overall pick. Patrick started out with the Phoenix Athletics in the Arizona League and pitched in Oakland's system until , when he left as a minor league free agent. Patrick had agreed to play as a "replacement player" in the wake of the 1994 baseball strike, but his MLB debut was postponed when the two sides struck a deal. Until his Major League debut in 1998, he spent ten years languishing in the Oakland, Houston and Milwaukee farm systems. Upon signing with the Brewers before the 1998 season, he told his wife that we would retire if he did not make the Majors that year. On May 11, 1998, the Brewers placed Chad Fox on the disabled list and promoted Patrick from Triple-A Louisville. On May 18, 1998, he made his Major League debut as a reliever for the Brewers. He spent much of that season with the Brewers, pitching 78 innings while appearing mostly in relief. He collected four wins and one loss, struck out 49 batters, and posted a 4.69 earned run average. In a game on August 1, he hit a home run against Félix Rodríguez, becoming the first Brewers pitcher to hit a home run since Skip Lockwood in . In a September 13 game against the Chicago Cubs, Patrick surrendered a home run to Sammy Sosa, during Sosa's chase of the record for the single-season home run record. The home run in question was Sosa's 61st of the season, tying the previous mark set by Yankees outfielder Roger Maris, and placing him one behind McGwire, who had hit his 62nd on September 8. Later in the same game, Sosa would hit his 62nd against Eric Plunk to pull into a tie with McGwire. After the season, the Brewers removed Patrick from their