Nolan Ryan takes the mound at the Rangers employee softball tournament

I'm sure when the Rangers employees showed up at the ballpark  for the office softball tournament on Thursday, they were expecting some friendly, slow-pitch fun.

Little did they know that they would be facing one of the most intimidating pitchers of all-time, and their boss, Nolan Ryan.

It's a good thing Robin Ventura manages the White Sox and not the Rangers. This game could have gotten ugly.

Nolan takes the mound for the Rangers employee softball tournament. twitter.com/Rangers/status…

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