Can a starting pitcher switch positions and then go back to pitch again later?
Question:I was telling a friend that Matsuzaka seems to have one awful inning per game and he said...Why don't they move him to first base when he runs into trouble,bring in a relief pitcher to finish the inning, and then have him resume pitching the next inning...Is that legal?
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Yes he could, course you would have to bring someone else in to play 1st base .. But yes as long as the pitchers moves to another possition on the field he can re-enter as the the pitcher.Will a 54 year old Roger Clemens need a walker to get to the mound?
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i don't think that's possible even though the rules may be different in Japan. I know in Japan some of the rules are different from here.NY Mets vs Yankees last night?
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Yes that is legalAs long as he doesn't exit the game completely, he could play every position on the field if he wanted to twice.
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No, once a pitcher is taken off the mound, he is not allowed to go back out on the field, during the rest of the game...hope this helps! = )That stupid hill in the Astros parks?
Nope - the pitcher only plays the position of the pitcher during the game. They stay in there until the skipper (or coach) takes him out of the game and replaces him with a relief pitcher. Once he leaves the mound, he does not play again. Now if the pitcher's spot is in the rotation to play in the upcoming inning(s), they will put in a 'pinch runner' for the pitcher, or they may just have the pitcher bat.Is it possible Albert Pujols is on his way to Hank's homerun record?
Yes. As long as the pitcher is NOT REMOVED from the line up card, he may REPLACE another player on the field. When they decide to move him back to pitcher, he will replace the pitcher who relieved him and a replacement player will go to the position that the pitcher went to.Pettitte replaces Giambi at first and Mike Myers enters the game. Myers gives up his usual run and is replaced by Pettitte again. Meinty comes in to replace Pettitte at first.
Pettitte is never removed from the field or the line up and is still a legal player.
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Absolutely. But doing this in the AL means that you then loose the DH from the rest of the game.I've seen it happen.
I was in the stands on June 6, 1989, in Toronto, when Tom Trebelhorn did it, as manager of the then AL Milwaukee Brewers.
Chuck Crim started the bottom of the 9th inning with Milwaukee ahead 6-3. He allowed a lead-off double to Fred McGriff, then a single to Rance Mulliniks, who pinch-hit for Pat Borders. McGriff moved to third on the single. He then struck out Lloyd Moseby, and allowed a walk to Ernie Whitt, who was pinch-hitting for Bob Brenly.
With the bases loaded, Trebelhorn brought Tony Fossas in to pitch to Nelson Liriano, but moved to Crim to first base, so that he could return to the game. This meant that the Brewers lost their DH, and Fossas was put into the lineup in the 2-hole, which had been occupied by DH Robin Yount. Fossas allowed an RBI single to Liriano, scoring McGriff, but keeping the bases loaded. Fossas was then removed from the game, and replaced by Crim, and Terry Francona came in to play first, while Crim was put into the lineup in the 7-slot, replacing Greg Brock, who had originally been playing first.
Many of the people in the stands around me had no idea what was going on, or whether or not any of this was within the rules. However, Tommy Lasorda had done this not long before that game. Whitey Herzog was another fan of this move.
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It is legal. It has happened with relievers -- as noted, Treblehorn and Herzog were no strangers to this move -- but I cannot recall ever seeing it happen with the starting pitcher. It could, though.You're reading Rule 3.03 wrong. Dice-K can start the inning on the mound, move to another position in that same inning, and then return to the mound while still in the same inning.
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Yes it is legal, but if he is pulled out of the game he cannot return. This has happened before, a team has had a lefty pitcher play 1st and the righty pitch and when the advantage is to a lefty pitcher, the switch the righty to 1st and the lefty goes to the mound and pitches. Not used too often anymore, but seems to me like the most effective way to pitch a ballgameMore Questions & Answers...