[分享] 沒有投手怎麼辦 教頭：請眾議員來救火XD

https://x.com/aa_baseball/status/1810364666058571941

The @SiouxCityXs were without a starting pitcher on Saturday night.

The solution? Give Iowa State Representative J.D. Scholten a call

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在週六時先發投手因故沒辦法投球，加上兩場比賽已經使用了十位投手

所以總教練決定打電話搬救兵

那就是44歲愛荷華州眾議員J.D. Scholten

Scholten 本身就是棒球員出身

打過多個獨立聯盟

2006-2007更是效力於蘇城探險家

生涯在美國、加拿大、比利時、德國、法國、荷蘭、古巴都打過球

最近一次打聯賽是在2023年

當時他和荷蘭聯賽隊伍奧斯特豪特雙城隊簽約

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The first-term legislator, and former professional pitcher, announced early Thursday he'd signed a contract to play professional baseball in the Netherlands with the Oosterhout Twins, a team in the "Honkbal Hoofdklasse," an eight-team Dutch league with a schedule running from April through September.

Scholten said the team, which plays in the southern town of Oosterhout, needed an additional pitcher because of injuries and an issue with a Japanese player's visa.

當時球隊投手受傷+日籍外援visa有問題

簽他去救火

With respect to his job as a legislator, Scholten said he doesn't anticipate any disruptions.

"I’ve been on Zoom calls, helped a constituent via email and have a phone planthat allows me to be like I am in Sioux City," he said.

至於立法工作，他是靠Zoom遠端持續XD

2023荷蘭聯賽成績

IP:26.0 ERA:4.50 WHIP:1.12

當天接到電話後，J.D. Scholten就答應來救火

面對密爾瓦基送奶人投出一場優質先發XD

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“They sent me the lineup card, it had all the players’ names on there, and then it had a question mark on there where the pitcher’s name would be,” Explorers Director of Broadcasting and Media Dan Vaughan said. “A big question mark and you’re like ‘who is it going to be?’ It was a big question mark. I’ve never
seen a lineup card in all the years I’ve done this that had a question mark. That was the official lineup… two hours before game time.”

這場賽前轉播員拿到的先發陣容，投手還是打問號XD

“I saw I had like ten missed calls and Montgomery texting me saying ‘Call me,ASAP,'” Scholten said. “That turned into less than three hours later getting the starting nod and pitching. I wasn’t at top shape, but I said now or never, and when they needed me I said I’ll give it my best. I don’t know what I’ve got, but I’ll give it my best.”

Scholten接到電話時，離開賽只剩幾個小時了

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六點上場

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