Can you remove a starting pitcher, then bring him back in the game and have him pitch again?
Actually, you can… so long as you don’t take him out of the lineup and so long as you don’t bring him back in during that inning in which you remove him from the mound. A few years ago, the NYMets ran out of pitchers in a game and needed, desperately, to bring in a lefty (Jesse Orosco) against a big lefty on the other team. I believe Roger McDowell was on the mound at the time and, if the Mets pulled him, they would have no other right handed pitchers. So, Bobby Valentine (the manager) pulled his right fielder and moved McDowell to right bringing Orosco into the game. The next inning, McDowell returned to the mound (I don’t recall if Orosco swapped out to right or if Bobby V brought in a regular fielder, but that does show that you can take a player off the mound then return him to the mound later (so long as you don’t take him out of the game). As an aside, should a pitcher be able to throw with either hand, the hand with which he steps on the mound once a batter is in the box is th
