lab@qubix.UUCP (Larry Bickford) (08/09/83)
Although it would be a rare occurrence, the scenario
Game suspended
Pitchers traded
Game completed, with same pitcher winning & losing
was not overlooked by the rulesmakers, and the rules of both
leagues make provision for it. (cf "So You Think You Know
Baseball," a paerback written in the '60s by the sports editior of
the Saturday Evening Post. In the hypothetical game at Sportsman's
Park, Jim Bosman and Harvey Haddix were both pitching perfectly.
Unfortunately, a rather massive amount of precipitation caused the
game to be suspended after 8 innings. During the suspension, the
Pirates swapped Haddix for Bosman, and when the game resumed, the
Pirate skipper decided to use Bosman to continue the game.
You can guess the rest: the third batter he faced smacked a home
run, then proceeded to blank his former teammates in the bottom
half of the ninth. Bosman both won and lost the game.)
Trivia quiz: Who lost the game?
The DataMaster, {ihnp4,ucbvax,decvax}!decwrl!qubix!lablab@qubix.UUCP (Larry Bickford) (08/11/83)
The DataDummy goofed: the hypothetical game (Bosman vs Haddix) obviously took place at Forbes Field, not Sportsman's Park. The question then becomes: Who won the game? Hint: ?????????? 000 000 001 1 Pittsburgh 000 000 000 0 HR: Haddix(1) ?????????? IP H R ER BB SO Bosman (W) 8 0 0 0 0 # Haddix 1 0 0 0 0 # Pittsburgh Haddix 8 0 0 0 0 # Bosman (L) 1 1 1 1 0 #
lab@qubix.UUCP (Larry Bickford) (08/20/83)
Have we no netters in St. Louis? No one who remembers the days of the Cards at Sportsman's Park before Busch was built? Sigh... I must be showing my age... Larry Bickford, ihnp4!decwrl!qubix!lab