Was it Felipe Alou who carried, if I'm remembering correctly, roughly 23 pitchers in 2003, forcing JT Snow to run the bases himself and famously be tagged out at home plate?

Was it Felipe Alou who carried, if I'm remembering correctly, roughly 23 pitchers in 2003, forcing JT Snow to run the bases himself and famously be tagged out at home plate?

I can't find the playoff roster online, but they used 12 pitchers in their NLDS loss to the Marlins, and that's with Jason Schmidt pitching a CGSHO in Game 1.

How much "choice" does a team have (K-Rod-esque games aside)?

From Wikipedia:

To be eligible for a team’s playoff roster a player must be on any of the following:
(a) the 25 man active roster,
(b) the disabled list,
(c) the bereavement list, or
(d) the suspended list
as of August 31st at midnight.

The only exception is that a player on the 60-day disabled list may be replaced by another player from the team's 40-man roster (as of August 31) who plays the same position (i.e. position player for position player, or pitcher for pitcher), with the approval of the commissioner of baseball.

Gardenhire in MN is talking about 11 pitchers and essentially letting Baker and Slowey audition for a spot over the last 15 games. So far Slowey has one good start and one bagbiter, while Baker has a short good one. There's a chance he keeps the third catcher though, so fans are kind of milling around waiting for someone to play well and sort it out for him.

This might also be a good spot to decry the attention being paid to how badly teams play after clinching. It's now backlashing in MN, to the point where a winning streak might be seen as a bad sign. "The Twins lost 11 of twelve in 91 and 6 in a row in 87, and what about the Yankees in 97?" or whatever, as though it's good to get the losing out of your system.

The only exception is that a player on the 60-day disabled list may be replaced by another player from the team's 40-man roster (as of August 31) who plays the same position (i.e. position player for position player, or pitcher for pitcher), with the approval of the commissioner of baseball.

Then why does the Commish allow for these roster shenanigans that follow the letter of the law, but violate the spirit of the law?

Then why does the Commish allow for these roster shenanigans that follow the letter of the law, but violate the spirit of the law?

I think the rule quoted isn't quite right. I think they changed it a few years ago so that there wasn't a same-position restriction. And I don't think the 60 day DL had anything to do with with before that either....any DLed player can be replaced.

Do I remember this right - K-Rod wasn't on the 40-man on 8/31, but he was a week later? That made it well before he replaced the DL guy, so perhaps could be argued it wasn't underhanded, but it would not be allowed under the rule as currently quoted?

The trickery the Commish should not allow is putting a guy on the 40-man solely to move him to the 60-day DL, creating an option to later replace him.

Cocaine doesn't stink up your clothes like beer and cigars do.

Then why does the Commish allow for these roster shenanigans that follow the letter of the law, but violate the spirit of the law?

I don't understand why a team should be limited in which players from its own organization it wants to add for the playoffs?

The Sept. 1 deadline exists to prevent teams from acquiring players in trade specifically for the post-season, which makes sense; you don't want a post-season roster made up of rent-a-players.

But why restrict bringing guys up from the minors?