Editor's note: The above video is from Aug. 15, 2016.
After playing in just 12 games last season with the St. Louis Cardinals, former Oakland A's first baseman Dan Johnson had no plans to hang his spikes up after no teams wanted his bat in their lineup.
Johnson made a leap very rarely seen, signing a minor league deal with the Tampa Bay Rays in March as not a hitter, but a pitcher. And there's a twist -- Johnson was signed specifically as a knuckleball specialist.
The 37-year-old didn't last with Tampa Bay and then bounced around Independent League teams.