Mixed-up positions on lineup card...what happens?

[MicroBob]

I also broadcast a fun minor-league game that reminded me of the Reds/Mets game from '86 because it involved bringing in outfielders to pitch.

I would later title this game "The Cinco De Mayo Marathon."

May 5, 2001 the Vero Beach Dodgers used a couple of outfielders to pitch in a 19 inning game and they still somehow beat the Sarasota Red Sox in one of the craziest games ever.

In the 16th when the Dodgers had run out of pitchers for the most part, the manager Bob Mariano asked in the dugout "alright, who had any pitching experience?"
Our little, speedy CF Jesus Feliciano thought he was joking and kind of smiled and said that he pitched a couple games in little-league...ha-ha.
Next thing he knew he was on the mound trying to preserve a 2-run lead.

He threw 2 innings and got out of some ridiculous jams. Sarasota tied the score in the 16th but had the based-loaded and no outs and somehow he got out of it. The final out of the 16th was this ridiculous blast to deep left-center that somehow didn't leave the yard and whoever was out there made this miracle diving grab to send us to the 17th.

The RF, Lamont Matthews, came on to pitch the 18th and was even worse than Feliciano but somehow kept the game tied.

Then Vero Beach took the lead again in the 19th and they were finally able to get a hold of the orginzational pitching instructor on the phone and ask for special permission to throw a recently injured pitcher in back-to-back games.
The specific instructions were that he wasn't allowed to throw on consecutive days and if the coaches had put him in the game without permission and he had gotten injured they would have been in pretty big trouble.

So they called the organizational pitching coordinator at 1:30am or whatever and told him that this guy felt fine and they didn't have anyone else left and they finally were allowed to bring in a real pitcher, Shane Nance, to preserve the 3-run lead.
Sarasota scored 2 off him in the bottom of the 19th and had the bases-loaded with 1 out and I thought "hear we go again."
But somehow Vero Beach got the final outs to win the thing at which point the catcher pretty much just dropped to his knees from exhaustion.

Our next game was less than 12 hours later for a Sunday 1:00pm start.
Ricardo Rodriguez came 1 out away from a no-hitter against a blurry-eyed group of Sarasota batters.

[NT!]

this would be awesome for my fantasy team if torre would start listing giambi as a SS

[niss]

Awesome rememberances of that Mets-Reds game. That one ranked up there with the Mets-Braves July 4 game. If I recall correctly there was a line drive hit to Orosco in RF and he made the play.

[MicroBob]

yeah, i remember him trying to handle a liner and somehow not screwing it up. Maybe in the 12th or 13th or so.
We all sarcastically applauded for him.

The 4th of July Mets/Braves game in 85 was amazing too of course.
I watched most of that one on TV when I was 14 and we were visiting at my grandparents place in WV. But I kept falling asleep and didn't make to the end.

[mo42nyy]

greatest link ever

[FlyWf]

It does matter when the DH is involved.

Cleveland Indians AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Lofton cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Vizquel ss 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 4
R. Alomar 2b 4 0 2 1 0 1 2 6
M. Ramirez dh,rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Sexson lf 4 1 2 1 0 2 1 0
Thome 1b 3 1 1 0 1 2 11 1
A. Ramirez rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nagy p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
McDonald ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Rincon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Justice ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Shuey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wilson 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Diaz c 3 0 1 1 0 0 9 0
Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3 3 12 27 15

Mike Hargrove told the Ramirez's that they were playing different positions than he put in the lineup card, so Charles Nagy got 2 ABs in an American League game in 1999