It can take several days for a loan to progress through the batting order into the on-deck circle and ultimately step up to the plate for underwriting review.
Also with Gary Sinise and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (who hangs around in the background of several scenes, as if she were waiting in the on-deck circle, and has about three lines).
Waiting in the on-deck circle when Zobrist got his hit was Tampa Bay slugger Evan Longoria, who was 2 for 20, including two hitless at-bats earlier Wednesday, with 11 strikeouts against Pettitte.