The game is a blowout. It is the last inning or two and the manager wants to save his weary bullpen from overuse, so he asks the backup catcher, or a utility infielder, maybe even a semi-regular who pitched a bit in college, to go warm up in the bullpen. After getting over the awkwardness of being on the mound for the first time in ages, the position player fires a pitch - maybe he gets it into the mid-80s, maybe he even touches 90 on the gun. The crowd goes wild. The position player pitching provides a fitting comic relief to a laugher of a game.
This is the year of position players pitching
