We’ve seen outfielders pitching before last night, which isn’t to suggest that last night wasn’t interesting. Here’s the video of three outs David Murphy recorded last night against the Red Sox:
Mike Carp doesn’t appreciate a good high knuckleball?


Here’s a lovely scouting report of David Murphy the Pitcher, via Baseball Prospectus and Dan Rozensun. Here’s the really neat-o thing that happened, though ... That strikeout up there in the video? That was a knuckleball, and Mike Carp was so frustrated that he bitched about the call and got kicked out of the game. Which makes him, I’m pretty sure, the first player in major-league history who got struck out by a knuckleball-throwing outfielder in a 17-5 game and complained enough to get ejected.











