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Baseball

malthaussen

(17,193 posts)

4. I'm hip

Reply to kairos12 (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 5, 2015, 04:11 PM

Oct 2015

A few pitchers have had years where they did some pinch-hitting. There was this fellow named Ruth, I believe...
Smokey Joe Wood also pinch-hit. As Bill James pointed out, if baseball was 90% pitching (or whatever), they never would have been moved to the outfield. Although Wood hurt his arm.

-- Mal

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I see Madison Bumgarner made four pinch-hit appearences this season. [View all] malthaussen Oct 2015 OP

Too risky Cartoonist Oct 2015 #1

You must have hated it when Greg Maddux stole bases, then. malthaussen Oct 2015 #2

Don Drysdale hit 9 home runs in 1965. 29 in his career. kairos12 Oct 2015 #3

I'm hip malthaussen Oct 2015 #4

Hoyt Wilhelm, at the age of 28, hit a home run in his first at bat. He never hit another one. kairos12 Oct 2015 #5

Then there's the old chestnut about Gaylord Perry. malthaussen Oct 2015 #6

I have heard that story. Met Gaylord Perry at a spring training game two years ago kairos12 Oct 2015 #7

I detest Madison Bumgarner demtenjeep Oct 2015 #8