Chicago Cubs catcher Tucker Barnhart can actually be an effective pitcher behind that mask. (Watch the video below.)
At least he was on Friday against the Atlanta Braves, who have the best record in the MLB.
Barnhart was an emergency fill-in on the mound at Wrigley Field as the Cubs were losing 8-0 and didn’t want to deplete their pitching staff. Lobbing slow, high-arcing throws that would seem more at home in a slow-pitch beer league, Barnhart required just six tosses to dispatch the Braves in the ultimately scoreless ninth inning.