on October 15, 2026, 14:14:40, in reply to "Tangent: Brushes with athletes not playing their typical sport"
Related tangent to this: Geoff Alexander was on my softball team when we played in the state playoffs in Kankakee. 
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And this one wasn't even me.
A friend of mine got asked if he could sub to play softball for a rec men's league about 15 years ago here in STL. He's up to bat and hits a solid line drive that looks like it'll be a gapper, but the guy in left center gets to it with relative ease.
The next inning, the same guy gets up, hits an easy line drive at the left fielder. Solid single type hit. By the time the fielder got it on 2 hops, this guy is already rounding first and makes it to 2nd easily.
Who TF is this guy? Average height, average weight looking white guy. He goes on to make routine plays out of what would be nice hits in the outfield. Turned what would normally be a double in the gap of his own into an inside the park HR.
Turns out, it was Danny Amendola when he was with the Rams.
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