Sparky: "Geez Alex, We're down a run. I gotta pinch hit for this guy!! You're in charge of pinch-hitting. Who you gonna send up there? The best hitter for the situation?"
Alex: "No way! He is way too good defensively. Let's send up someone less likely to give us a tie or a lead so we can use the other guy as a defensive substitute in the 9th to preserve the one run deficit."
That doesn't sound right. How about this one?
Sparky: "Geez Alex, We're down a run. I gotta pinch hit for this guy!! You're in charge of pinch-hitting. Who you gonna send up there? The best hitter for the situation?"
Alex: "No way! Let's send up the old guy."
Sparky: "The one with the limp?"
Alex: "Yeah, that's the guy. Sure he gives us less of a chance to win, but he has 2,999 hits and I heard the grounds crew has fireworks set up. I like fireworks!"
Hmmm, that doesn't sound quite right either. Okay one more....
Sparky: "Geez Alex, We're down a run. I gotta pinch hit for this guy!! You're in charge of pinch-hitting. Who you gonna send up there? The best hitter for the situation?"
Alex: "No way! I'm playing a historical replay league. I'm playing as Pete Rose, and I bet on the other team!"
In that case, I guess we really would need the pinch hitter depth chart.
