The Rise of the Pitching Position Player

#Frenchie - Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY SportsPosition players pitching is a joy that's perhaps unique to baseball. No matter the score in an NFL game, you're never going to see a punt-returner play quarterback. Much like knuckleballers, seeing a hitter pitch appeals to the secret conceit fans have that "anyone" could play the game - even if the "anyone" is this case is still throwing the ball 30 mph harder than you or I could [well, I, certainly] It can even take otherwise forgettable disasters and make them memorable for good cause, none more so for D-backs fans, than Mark Grace's relief appearance in September 2002, which included him imitating team-mate Mike Fetters, with his snap-glare at the hitter.

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