Andy's Dandy Better Than Halloween Candy!

Thanks, Andy Pettitte. Your hit in Game 3 of the 2009 World Series was the impetus for me to start up a blog that I've wanted to write for the past few months but never could find the time for. Thanks, Andy -- by getting a hit in a key situation while baseball is center stage, you gave Yankee fans a big thrill that they don't experience all that often because their league continues to use the designated hitter rule. Thanks, Andy - your hit was one of the biggest hits of the night, tying the game at 3 in the fifth inning. It was the first World Series RBI by a Yankee pitcher since Jim Bouton in Game 6 against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1964. Without your hit, maybe the Yankees never tie the game and it's the Phillies who go on to win the game and take a 2-1 series lead. But you did get your hit, and to make it even better, you scored the go-ahead run to put the Yankees up for good. Thanks, Andy - on behalf of all the fans who believe pitchers should bat and that the DH is a bad rule, your hit on Halloween Night in Philadelphia was better than a dozen bags full of Halloween candy. Thanks, Andy for the dandy hit. Admit it Yankee fans, you had a big smile on your face when Andy came through with his hit. Admit it was a special moment that you and your fans will always remember. Well, great moments like that happen in the National League because they don't use the DH - they let the pitchers bat! Click here to see Andy's big hit. And thank you, Cole Hamels for not throwing a fastball in that key situation with a runner on second and one out in the fifth. By throwing Andy a curve, you gave him an opening and Pettite took advantage of it by smacking a single to center. So while Andy gets our first Let the Pitcher's Bat Award, I just want to acknowledge Cole Hamels, the reigning World Series MVP, for doing his part in contributing to this site.

Now that we're up and running, I plan on hilighting all the great moments that occur during a baseball game when the pitchers bat. This will be fun. It may never change the DH rule, but it will show fans all the special moments that happen when a pitcher swings a stick.