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What is the sentence "pitch a man short" mean?

 
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OoyaoOGO



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:03 am    Post subject: What is the sentence "pitch a man short" mean? Reply with quote

http://0rz.tw/fDl7m

there is a part of the article

And since GM Brian Cashman believes it's going to take more than one
non-major league outing to correct Wang's problems and it's not likely
the Yankees will pitch a man short, the DL is a possibility for the
pitcher who says health isn't the reason he has gotten spanked in
three starts.

=>[pitch a man short]<=

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dragn



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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...and it's not likely the Yankees will pitch a man short...

In other words, the Yankees are not going to go to a four-man rotation, as opposed to the current five-man rotation. Currently their rotation is C.C. Sabathia, Joba Chamberlain, Wang Chieh-ming, A.J. Burnett, and Andy Pettitte. They are discussing the fate of Wang, who has been disastrously ineffective in his first three starts this season. So if they pitch a man short, their starting rotation would just be Sabathia, Chamberlain, Burnett, and Pettitte. Major League teams these days very seldom go with a four-man rotation unless absolutely necessary.

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for your help Very Happy
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