Edgy MD

I'm not sure who Mike Andrews is, so no, I guess.

No, it's totally a thing-thing. Some teams do it more than others, certainly, but teams have treated it as a primary directive since, like, the 2013 Dodgers won the pennant by expanding their pitching staff to 20 guys by regularly rotating them in and out. The abuse became so universal that the league had to step in and limit the number of times a Joe Smith could be promoted and demoted in a season. But that has only led to more abuse of AAAA veterans who are instead promoted and DFA'd, and regularly end up with four organizations in a single season. But the good news is that rosters remain largely frozen within a series during the post-season — though there are now injury exceptions* to that rule which I imagine can and will be abused. *FUN FACT: As with many rule changes, this largely occurred because of the Mets.

And now they can't swap out two or three relievers for obscure-but-rested guys from their AAA team.

Kapowie! Pratt! Also, a guy named after two NYC colleges should play in New York.

Coming up short in the eleventh, and now they've lifted one of their best hitters.

But they're letting Ashby go for three innings. That's good baseball!

Wow! Down goes Frelick. Golden opportunity in the bottom of the eleventh coming up for the Rays. Brewers bullpen can't go forever.

Extra innings without a magic runner! It's, like, baseball!!

Gotta be one of the longest delays for a replay review since they got rid of the headsets.

Chandler Simpson came to play.

Bryan Baker is good. It's a shame it took until now for him to get into a game.

It's like my heart and Big Jim Henderson's are beating as one.

1986 New York Mets season - Wikipedia

FUN FACT: In 1986, Mariano Duncan hit 10 triples* during Spring Training, and none during the regular season. * Spring Training being what it was at the time, the officialness of this stat is probably up for debate.