Character

Unnamed Batter

formidable strategically avoided hypothetical exemplar youthful subordinate unobtrusive

The Unnamed Batter enters Josh's conversation as a hypothetical figure in a baseball scenario. With a runner on first poised to score, pitchers opt to intentionally walk this batter. Josh challenges the logic, proposing four pitch-outs instead. This analogy reveals Josh's tactical mind amid campaign stress, bridging baseball strategy to politics. Donna listens as Josh ties the tactic to Ritchie, marking a shift from rant to urgency. The batter embodies a foe too strong for direct engagement, fueling Josh's strategic pivot.

2 appearances

Baseball Tactics

Also known as: batter, young staffer

Unnamed Batter's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

2 moments

S4E4 · The Red Mass

Pitch Out — Josh's Baseball Rant and the Pivot

Not applicable (metaphorical); serves as the precipitating reason for Josh's tactical rant.

The Unnamed Batter is invoked in Josh's hypothetical as the batter who would be intentionally walked; the batter's presence justifies Josh's counterproposal to pitch out instead of simply issuing walks.

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S4E4 · The Red Mass

From Baseball Rant to Political Pivot

N/A — functions as rhetorical pressure in Josh's reasoning.

The Unnamed Batter appears in Josh's analogy as the batter teams might choose to intentionally walk; a conceptual foil used to argue for a different tactical choice (pitching out).

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Affiliation

White House Senior Staff (Bartlet Administration — The West Wing)

Executive-level Strategic and Nuclear Intelligence Advisory; National Security Decision Support