» April 8, 1997: The Pirates defeat the Padres, 2-0, as Steve Cooke, Rich Loiselle, and John Ericks combine to hold SD to one hit, a single off Cooke by Steve Finley.

» June 16, 1998: The Phillies trail the Pirates, 7–1, heading into the bottom of the 9th. They fight back against relievers Ricardo Rincon and Rich Loiselle, however, to score seven runs in their half of the frame for an 8–7 victory.

» May 3, 2000: The Major League Baseball Players Association again denies several major-leaguers admission to the union. The players crossed picket lines during the 1994-95 strike becoming replacement players. These players don't pay union dues, receive full pension benefits, and can to use the Association's grievance procedure. However, they do not receive a share of royalties from the sale of baseball merchandise. Historian Stuart Shea notes the players are the only ex-replacements currently on major-league rosters: Benny Agbayani and Rick Reed of the Mets; Trenidad Hubbard and Kerry Ligtenberg of the Braves; Cory Lidle and Damian Miller of the Diamondbacks; Keith Osik and Rich Loiselle of the Pirates; Matt Herges of the Dodgers; Joe Slusarski of the Astros; Shane Spencer of the Yankees; Jeff Tam of the A's; Donne Wall of the Padres.