Baseball dares to be different

a number of major-league managers have been more creative this season, making moves that challenge the sport’s sacred status quo. Pitchers — generally the weakest hitters on National League teams — are often batting before stronger-hitting position players in the Milwaukee Brewers’ and St. Louis Cardinals’ lineups. Three teams, influenced by nasty pregame weather reports, have used relievers as starting pitchers. And on the Atlanta Braves, the pitchers aren’t always pitchers.

maybe most notable for the (imo, quite welcome) cognitive bump that comes from reading “Mr. Cox” in reference to Bobby Cox and “Mr. Guerrero” in reference to Vlad Guerrero