2021 has been an up-and-down season thus far for the Yankees and their fans, and tensions remain pretty high in Yankee-land given the team’s circumstances. With that in mind, perhaps we should revisit one of the more unintentionally funny scenes in Yankee history to lighten the mood a little bit.
On September 18, 1985, Yankees manager Billy Martin sent Mike Pagliarulo to the plate to bat right-handed. For those of you who may not remember “Pags”, he was a left-handed hitter – not a right-handed hitter, or switch-hitter. You might recall that Larry Walker (for a moment), Javier Báez, and Ji-Man Choi have all taken at-bats from their respective unnatural, opposite sides of the plate.