Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!dilley From: dilley@pur-ee.UUCP Newsgroups: net.trivia,net.games.trivia Subject: Baseball trivia Message-ID: <933@pur-ee.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Jun-83 16:03:09 EDT Article-I.D.: pur-ee.933 Posted: Mon Jun 20 16:03:09 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Jun-83 23:38:47 EDT Lines: 24 >From Pucc-H.ag3 Mon Jun 20 15:35:30 1983 Okay, here's a bit of trivia for baseball fans. Since the American League instituted the designated hitter rule, pitchers have never had to worry about facing their opposite numbers at bat. BUT, there have been occasions when pitchers have been put in the lineup. Who are they? A couple of caveats: i don't remember myself, so don't send me mail expecting me to grade your answers. I do remember that it has happened at least two and maybe three times. One of the times was in Detroit, when the manager (either Houk or Anderson) mixed up his lineup cards to give to the umpire, and the ump ruled that the pitcher was to be the DH. Another question: did any of these pitchers ever come to bat? If i am violating some rule by asking trivia questions without knowing the answers beforehand, i apologize, but i have been wondering for some time now, and i'd really like to know... tnx, -jmg ... I am posting this for a friend, so please post to the net or mail to ...!pur-ee!pucc-h!ag3