Comments on: Pitchers in the Outfield http://www.baseballdigest.com/2009/05/02/pitchers-in-the-outfield/ America's longest-running baseball-only magazine Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:34:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: redsock http://www.baseballdigest.com/2009/05/02/pitchers-in-the-outfield/#comment-1181 redsock Sun, 03 May 2009 22:28:51 +0000 http://baseballdigest.com/?p=2536#comment-1181 Everyone should keep a copy of my book on his or her bedside table! Everyone should keep a copy of my book on his or her bedside table!

]]> By: Jere Smith http://www.baseballdigest.com/2009/05/02/pitchers-in-the-outfield/#comment-1177 Jere Smith Sun, 03 May 2009 15:36:49 +0000 http://baseballdigest.com/?p=2536#comment-1177 Also, when my friend Allan Wood read this, he didn't say "hey, you didn't mention Babe Ruth." And he wrote a book about Babe Ruth! (His blog is linked in this piece, and if you check last night's game thread there, you'll see where I was already talking about all the rest of the pitchers I found pre-1942 who played the field, which will go into my next piece.) That book is by my bed right now, so, again, I assure you I didn't "forget" about Babe Ruth, he just had nothing to do with this piece. Maybe if this were a children's book or something, I would've put a standard line about "back when it was more common, in Babe Ruth's day," but this is Baseball Digest, where everybody knows it, and all articles involving pitchers and outfielders need not be prefaced with it. Also, when my friend Allan Wood read this, he didn’t say “hey, you didn’t mention Babe Ruth.” And he wrote a book about Babe Ruth! (His blog is linked in this piece, and if you check last night’s game thread there, you’ll see where I was already talking about all the rest of the pitchers I found pre-1942 who played the field, which will go into my next piece.) That book is by my bed right now, so, again, I assure you I didn’t “forget” about Babe Ruth, he just had nothing to do with this piece. Maybe if this were a children’s book or something, I would’ve put a standard line about “back when it was more common, in Babe Ruth’s day,” but this is Baseball Digest, where everybody knows it, and all articles involving pitchers and outfielders need not be prefaced with it.

]]> By: Jere Smith http://www.baseballdigest.com/2009/05/02/pitchers-in-the-outfield/#comment-1176 Jere Smith Sun, 03 May 2009 15:12:44 +0000 http://baseballdigest.com/?p=2536#comment-1176 Dear person, YOU MISSED THE POINT OF THE ARTICLE. Don't worry, Babe Ruth makes my list of all Sox who did both (played the field and pitched), but this article was about regular pitchers who were put into the field for whatever reason. Not about guys who did both regularly--and even if Ruth was in that category, he still wouldn't have made this article, because this wasn't a full list of everyone who has ever done it, it was about the last time it was done since it's so rare these days. By the way, if you're gonna be all high and mighty, get your facts straight. Babe Ruth was with the Red Sox until 1919. (And no, I didn't have to look that very well-known fact up.) Dear person,

YOU MISSED THE POINT OF THE ARTICLE.

Don’t worry, Babe Ruth makes my list of all Sox who did both (played the field and pitched), but this article was about regular pitchers who were put into the field for whatever reason. Not about guys who did both regularly–and even if Ruth was in that category, he still wouldn’t have made this article, because this wasn’t a full list of everyone who has ever done it, it was about the last time it was done since it’s so rare these days.

By the way, if you’re gonna be all high and mighty, get your facts straight. Babe Ruth was with the Red Sox until 1919. (And no, I didn’t have to look that very well-known fact up.)

]]> By: John Rosenfelder http://www.baseballdigest.com/2009/05/02/pitchers-in-the-outfield/#comment-1174 John Rosenfelder Sun, 03 May 2009 11:56:45 +0000 http://baseballdigest.com/?p=2536#comment-1174 How can you possibly write this story without mentioning the greatest pitching outfielder (or fielding pitcher) of all time? He played for the Red Sox until 1918, and his name was George Herman "Babe" Ruth. He set a record for scoreless innings in World Series play that stood for about 70 years, not to mention his home run and many other offensive records. Don't ever forget the Babe. How can you possibly write this story without mentioning the greatest pitching outfielder (or fielding pitcher) of all time?

He played for the Red Sox until 1918, and his name was George Herman “Babe” Ruth. He set a record for scoreless innings in World Series play that stood for about 70 years, not to mention his home run and many other offensive records.

Don’t ever forget the Babe.

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