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Dusty Baker in: 'Out of Order'

Posted 5/12/2008 on FanHouse

It's one of those things that you don't often see in baseball, but the Reds attempted the old "batting out of turn" trick in their game against the Mets this afternoon. The mistake came from, as these things usually do, out of players being confused after a late game double switch. In this case, David Ross led off the bottom of the ninth with a fly out to right field. But there was one ...

Keeping Track of the Order

Posted 5/11/2008 on Baseball Musings

A rare batting out of order took place in the Reds/Mets game today: Backup catcher David Ross came to the plate to lead off the inning and lined out. But the batter in the No. 8 spot should have been...

No DL: Castillo in two hole

Published 5/15/2008 on Surfing the Mets - NY Daily News Blogs

Well, looks like no DL trip for Luis Castillo. He's batting second today. Even though Moises Alou was ejected in the fifth inning Wednesday, there's no day game after night game for him. Marlon Anderson is in left field. The order: Reyes, ...