Can you switch a pitcher in the middle of an at bat?” “No, but if you want to switch your thinking mid-at-bat, and I can do that with you, I’m going to do it.”
“I can also do it with you in the middle of a plate appearance.”
“Exactly.”
“So when you come in to bat,” says John Fay, “I ask you a question,” and then I ask you two or three more follow-through questions to get the feel for it.”
“And then I pull the trigger.”
The first thing I noticed was that Young was throwing with more authority than almost anyone else I’d seen. He had a slight arch to his back, and when he threw, it was easy to tell which arm was which. From the look on his face, I knew it was the left.”
“I didn’t get the sense that he was nervous,” says Van Slyke, “just nervous.”
“Like, ‘Oh my gosh,’” he says. “I didn’t get the sense that he was nervous.’
“Just nervous.”
I ask him a series of follow-through questions, and then he tells me which one he wants me to photograph. I tell him I want a close-up, a close focus, a snapshot of his arm.”
“So I take the photo,” he says, “and then I go back and look at the video.”
I tell him I want a zoomed-in shot, a panoramic shot, a high-resolution shot, a low-resolution shot.”
“So I take the photo,” he says, “and then I go back and look at the video.
Can you switch a pitcher in the middle of an at bat?
No. A pitcher is not eligible to be switched out unless he intentionally so fails to pitch to the batter that is assigned the
(1) number assigned to him by the coaches or another official of the team, or (2) is removed because he is injured or becomes ill.
