Do AL Teams HAVE to use the DH?

[jskidder]

I also him bring in a RH pitcher to face a RH batter, and he got the guy out. He then moved the pitcher to LF, brought in a LHP to face a LH hitter, he got the guy out, then he brought the orignal RHP back from LF to finish the inning. It was hilarious

That rules.

the mets did this a few times back in the mid 80's as well. i wish i could remember the guys they used when they did it...

got it. mcdowell and orosco.

[Big Pimpin]

I know that it was Jeff Nelson that they put out in LF for one batter, and it was sometime in 1993...

[Kingctb27]

I also him bring in a RH pitcher to face a RH batter, and he got the guy out. He then moved the pitcher to LF, brought in a LHP to face a LH hitter, he got the guy out, then he brought the orignal RHP back from LF to finish the inning. It was hilarious. No one knew what the hell was going on. I don't think they lost the DH in that game though, just the guy in LF.

That would be fun to watch.

[The Jury]

I also him bring in a RH pitcher to face a RH batter, and he got the guy out. He then moved the pitcher to LF, brought in a LHP to face a LH hitter, he got the guy out, then he brought the orignal RHP back from LF to finish the inning. It was hilarious

That rules.

Definitely.

Brilliant!

It was seriously awesome. The fans, the commentators, everyone was in shock. No one had any idea what was happening and why the pitcher was going out to play the OF. It would have gotten really interesting if the batter had hit a ball out to the pitcher...

An outfield assist would have occurred if a runner tagged up from 3rd

[Big Pimpin]

Ok, I found the box score (assist to Tavish for hooking me up with the link to the site I needed).

July 15, 1993 was the date and Jeff Nelson recorded four outs, but Dennis Powell recorded one out in there somewhere. Nelson went from pitcher, to LF, back to pitcher. The link to the boxscore is below, and it's funny to look at. I can't recall exactly how the order of outs went, and the box score doesn't help because they only list the pitchers once down below in the pitching summary, but anyway... For your enjoyment.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B07150BOS1993.htm

[jskidder]

in the mets game i was referring to, jesse orosco actually recorded an out in rf in 1986 while mcdowell was pitching.