The Wall Street Journal has an interested article on a few unorthodox tactics being tried in baseball (via Steven Dubner). It starts with the following anecdote and proceeds from there:

Braves manager Bobby Cox was desperate, and he was plotting an ingenious plan. He was nearly out of right-handed pitchers, and players can’t re-enter a game after they’ve been removed. If Mr. Resop, a righty, could play the outfield, that would allow Mr. Cox to replace him on the mound temporarily — and use a lefty specialist to pitch to Adam LaRoche — without losing him entirely. So after Mr. Resop pitched to three batters in the top of the 10th inning, Mr. Cox had him go to left field. When Mr. Resop returned to the pitcher’s mound one batter later, it marked the first time a pitcher had pitched, played the field and pitched again in the same game since Jeff Nelson of the Seattle Mariners in 1993, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Interesting reading.

Update: I’m not actually calling Bobby Cox stupid. I’m referencing this Weird Al Yankovic album. Genius starts with the willingness to look dumb. That’s what the article is about.