Hanshin's New Pinch Hitter
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Re: Hanshin's New Pinch Hitter
[ Author: Guest: Toyota | Posted: Jun 26, 2003 3:27 PM
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Hoshino should give him a chance like Hara gave Kuwata last year.
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I got there quite early and watched both teams' batting practice. I noticed that Hanshin starter Trey Moore was taking batting practice, even though he wasn't scheduled to start for Hanshin that day. Wow, thought I, no wonder he had a .400+ average.
I later found out that Trey Moore was on the bench that day as a pinch hitter! Yesterday's SanSpo reported that Moore was annoyed that his pinch-hitting spot was given to Hirashita for a subsequent game. SanSpo quoted Hoshino-kantoku as saying "Moore said to me, 'Why is Hirashita the pinch hitter when you've got me?' He was quite miffed."
What an enviable problem for a pitcher to have, eh?