Charging the mound

Just caught Joe Gennaro's glorious Pirate round. Highly recommended. Here's a slug:

The Bucs, deciding that last year’s retreads weren’t cutting it, brought in three head cases to intimidate batters, if not actually pitch to them. Mesa has never shied away from pitching inside and by his own admonition will gun for players he doesn’t care for. Mike Johnston has Tourette’s syndrome and describes throwing at a batter’s head as “buzzing the tower.” Not colorful enough? How about Jason Boyd who smashed a beer bottle in a guy’s face last year (at a bar, not a game). It’s like the Pirates signed the Penguins 4th line to pitch in the late innings. I’m seriously wondering whether to take an over/under on how many times a batter’s going to charge the mound against one of these guys.

Gotta love that Johnston quote. When I read about Johnston's Tourette's, I wondered what effect some occasional rapid eye blinking might have on hitters.

We'll keep a running count of the mound chargings. That should be a fantasy category: number of times your player charges the mound and/or gets charged.