It’s a Case of ‘Do as I Say, Son, Not as I Do’

What are the odds?

Rob Marchese, 41, of Queens, had been attending Yankee games for more than 30 years and had caught only one ball, a foul, before Thursday night.

That night, sitting on a folding chair in the first row of the right-field stands, he got two chances in the Yankees’ 7-2 victory over Cleveland, one inning apart. And he muffed both.

He missed Alex Rodriguez’s two-run homer in the first and then Jason Giambi’s solo shot in the second.

According to Associated Press, Marchese said, “My son is going to kill me because I’m always telling him to keep his eye on the ball. He’s 9 years old and plays Little League.”

Trivia time: Bob Stiles and Rick Neuheisel were spotted playing golf together at Riviera Country Club the other day. What do they have in common, besides being former UCLA football players?

Yeah, this is cool: Katie Brownell, an upstate New York Little Leaguer who pitched a perfect game May 14 against boys and struck out all 18 batters she faced in a six-inning game, is now in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Well, at least her No. 3 jersey is there. She donated it to the museum during a ceremony Thursday. Pretty heady stuff for a 12-year-old.

“It’s really cool,” she said.

Good point: Todd Donoho, a guest on Friday’s “Mark and Brian” show on KLOS-FM, was asked if Kenny Rogers should go to Tuesday’s All-Star game.

“If it was me, I wouldn’t fly through three times zones just to get booed,” Donoho said.

Taking on the field: Headline in the New York Post, on Michelle Wie’s playing against the men in the John Deere Classic: “It’s Wie vs. them.”

Elite category: Reader Doug Hays of Glendale recalls that the late Jim Healy used to refer to tennis’ Renee Richards, who had undergone a sex-change operation, as competing in “mixed singles.”

High and tight: Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times, noting that the Boston Red Sox will be giving away wristbands as a promotion, wrote: “The Colorado Rockies’ marketing department, not to be outdone, immediately announced plans to stage Bullpen Tourniquet Night.”

Might be an idea for the Dodgers as well.

Looking back: On this day in 1966, Jack Nicklaus won the British Open at Muirfield, joining Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan and Gary Player as the only men to win the four majors.

Trivia answer: They were Rose Bowl MVPs -- Stiles on Jan. 1, 1966 when UCLA upset top-ranked Michigan State, 14-12, and Neuheisel on Jan. 2, 1984, when the Bruins routed Illinois, 45-9.

And finally: KFWB’s Bret Lewis, apparently a “Friday the 13th” buff, said, “In one game this week, the Dodgers started Jason Repko, Jayson Werth and Jason Grabowski in the outfield. Jason Phillips was the catcher. Four of the nine starters named Jason. No wonder they keep coming back from the dead.”

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Larry Stewart can be reached at larry.stewart@latimes.com.