In a 5-man rotation, a starting pitcher only pitches every 5 or 6 days.
Sure, they’re supposed to be ready for a relief appearance, but those are rare.
Ronnie, he’d get drunk the night after a start, and stay drunk until the morning of his next start.
Propped up in the dugout, sunglasses over his face.
That’s not Gatorade in those cups.
So blind drunk, he couldn’t read the calendar.
It was his day to start.
He took the ball, walked to the mound, and passed out.
And woke up in the locker room, his contract shredded in his locker.