Bobby Cox is a genious

I just read this and I love it.

So Resop, a converted outfielder, comes in to start the inning to pitch against 3 righties. He lets 2 on and gets the next guy out. Now, there's one lefty and then more righties. So instead of burning 2 pitchers, Bobby Cox brings a lefty Ring in to pitch and moves Resop to leftfield. He gets a strikeout, Resop comes back in, they bring and outfielder in off the bench.

Absolute genious and a great way to use you bullpen.

This got me to thinking. Imagine if a team found 2 pitchers: a lefty and a righty; who could both play the outfield and hit decently. They could just switch to get the right matchup. That'd be awesome.

Maybe you could have a whole lineup of pitcher-fielders. I'm thinking you get David McCarty back from retirement, get Rick Ankiel from St Louis...get Edgar Martinez from the Red Sox minors...

How would warmups work tho? With no time in the bullpen, do they get more warmup tosses? If not, wouldn't that put them at a disadvantage?

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Originally Posted by Alloutwar

Maybe you could have a whole lineup of pitcher-fielders. I'm thinking you get David McCarty back from retirement, get Rick Ankiel from St Louis...get Edgar Martinez from the Red Sox minors...

How would warmups work tho? With no time in the bullpen, do they get more warmup tosses? If not, wouldn't that put them at a disadvantage?

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Martinez? Formerly of Seattle? Is he trying a comeback that I didnt hear about underneath my rock?

No there is a different Martinez, a pitcher, in the Red Sox system.

Ah ok thanks for the clarification.. I was going to say..that guys has to be collectiing his pension...I wonder if he and Jesse Orosco and Julio Franco carpool?

Maybe... Hey is Franco on anyones active roster this year i have not heard if so.

If I was Arizona I'd get Micah Owings some positional innings. That dude can hit.

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Originally Posted by RedsoxRockies

Maybe... Hey is Franco on anyones active roster this year i have not heard if so.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/sp...tml?ref=sports
He's playing in the Mexican League this year.

I have always liked Cox as a manager, and I think that this idea was of great strategic intelligence. Is he the longest serving manager with one team currently? He must be.

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Originally Posted by gosensgo101

I just read this and I love it.

So Resop, a converted outfielder, comes in to start the inning to pitch against 3 righties. He lets 2 on and gets the next guy out. Now, there's one lefty and then more righties. So instead of burning 2 pitchers, Bobby Cox brings a lefty Ring in to pitch and moves Resop to leftfield. He gets a strikeout, Resop comes back in, they bring and outfielder in off the bench.

Absolute genious and a great way to use you bullpen.

This got me to thinking. Imagine if a team found 2 pitchers: a lefty and a righty; who could both play the outfield and hit decently. They could just switch to get the right matchup. That'd be awesome.

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Whitey Herzog did this in '86, '87 and '89. I believe Bobby Valentine did it also.

They will need him to perform and I would expect he will have a decent season,

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Originally Posted by SirKodiak

Whitey Herzog did this in '86, '87 and '89. I believe Bobby Valentine did it also.

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Lou Pinella did it I think with Jeff Nelson when he first came to Seattle, he played a style similar to the NL Ball...even thou Lou has always been an AL guy...