Wish a TV Crew Was There

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by DG

I mis-read that. So we had other players even closer to the plate than the pitcher... So batter jacks one to left, and no chance he could have hit a closer player? Why not bunt if all they wanted was to get the pitcher in the game?

This is a heart warming story until you step back and think about the risks of someone getting injured.

I read it as "they set up the BP screen". Then, the players setting up the screen went back to the normal positions (or on the bench). I think they did what they could to mitigate the risk.