Sean Doolittle’s rides in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ bullpen carts got all the attention while Washington’s Nationals were in Chase Field last weekend, but 37-year-old Ryan Madson too took a ride, which he probably needed considering he pitched in three of the four games in the series.
He clearly enjoyed it, as he told MLB Network Radio hosts Casey Stern and Brad Lidge on Friday afternoon.
“I’m going to do it every time I get a chance to,” Madson joked in the interview.
“Some days,” he said to Lidge, “... you knew it later on in your career, running in sometimes you don’t feel the best.