Article: Josmil Pinto and Enabling Ron Gardenhire

[JB_Iowa]

The umpire will still make the pitcher bat. Even if FedEx gets your other guy from Rochester to the ballpark by the 5th inning.

 

Didn't we have pitchers with a higher BA than Drew Butera?

[LaBombo]

Didn't we have pitchers with a higher BA than Drew Butera?

Yeah, but it was totally the small sample size, not that Butera was bad or anything. Pretty sure of this because I remember Gardy mumbling something about him having quality at bats in a postgame interview after yet another crushing defeat in which Butera went 0 for 4.

 

Plus, framing ftw!

[stringer bell]

With Colabello making the team, there won't be much need for Pinto to DH.

[LaBombo]

The umpire will still make the pitcher bat. Even if FedEx gets your other guy from Rochester to the ballpark by the 5th inning.

Pitchers bat fairly often in the NL, and the fatality rate is extremely low.