DIDN'T YIELD A HIT, BUT-
"They tell this story about a game Johnny Lindell worked in the Pacific Coast League for Hollywood some years back. He started as a pitcher in this game against a lefty for the other team. Chuck Stevens, a southpaw batter, was on first for the Stars. Lindell was getting hit pretty good and Manager Fred Haney sent John Fitzpatrick to the mound to lift Lindell. But Fitz also had other instructions.
Fitz told Lindell to get his first baseman's glove and take over the position, with Stevens being taken out of the game. They wanted to bring big John's right-handed bat in the lineup against the left-handed pitching. Stevens walked into the Hollywood bench with Fitz and remarked, 'I can't understand this. They haven't got a hit off me, but I'm being taken out for a relief pitcher.' "
-Jack Hernon in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Baseball Digest, October 1955)
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