Are pitchers immune from playoff injuries?
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 5:04 pm
This issue has bothered me for a while, so I thought I would post it here and get the opinion of the community.
I'm usually not one to pore over the box scores or play by play, but for some unknown reason I did it after the this game.
My team was in the semis of an ATG8 $110 mil DH league. It came back from down 3 games to 1 to force a game 7 on the road, which went into extra innings tied at 1. In the top of the 10th HAL brought in Joe Sambito to face my DH, Reggie Jackson. Jackson rolled 6-12, which when rolled by a DH should result in a pitcher injury, but nothing happened. No injury was noted in the play by play or box score and Sambito remained in the game another inning to face 3 more lefty batters, which he set down in order, before being pulled. The play by play is below:
https://365.strat-o-matic.com/game/play ... 441394/986
My team went on to lose in the 12th inning.
Over the years my teams have been involved in more than 2,300 playoff games. After thinking about it, I could not recall a single instance of a pitcher getting injured in the playoffs.
So how about it folks, are pitchers in the playoffs immune from injury?
I'm usually not one to pore over the box scores or play by play, but for some unknown reason I did it after the this game.
My team was in the semis of an ATG8 $110 mil DH league. It came back from down 3 games to 1 to force a game 7 on the road, which went into extra innings tied at 1. In the top of the 10th HAL brought in Joe Sambito to face my DH, Reggie Jackson. Jackson rolled 6-12, which when rolled by a DH should result in a pitcher injury, but nothing happened. No injury was noted in the play by play or box score and Sambito remained in the game another inning to face 3 more lefty batters, which he set down in order, before being pulled. The play by play is below:
https://365.strat-o-matic.com/game/play ... 441394/986
My team went on to lose in the 12th inning.
Over the years my teams have been involved in more than 2,300 playoff games. After thinking about it, I could not recall a single instance of a pitcher getting injured in the playoffs.
So how about it folks, are pitchers in the playoffs immune from injury?