Did you hear him say between innings he was “warming up in centerfield with the left fielder, working on his pitches”? If he starts an inning in center and comes in to pitch THAT inning, no bullpen warming up. That, I have never seen happen with a serious pitcher in a critical situation.
Yes, that would be pretty amazing. . Speaking of position players pitching, tonight the Diamondbacks had a backup catcher pitch to the Dodgers. Basically, all he threw were 55 mph knuckle balls. The Dodgers turned them into gopher balls & scored about 8 runs off of him. Then the Dodgers put in catcher Russell Martin to pitch the 9th, and didn't give up a run.