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Palmer Esque Major Leaguer

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Don't agree with Trea when he makes nonsensical statements like that. He isn't right. Millar doesn't hit "worse" because he is batting clean up and using tonight's results to "prove" it is just stupid.

I defy you to look at these three year stats and prove to me that it matters where Millar hits in the line up.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/splits?playerId=3820&type=batting3

Millar hasn't hit Petitte tonight because Petitte has made his best pitches of the night against him. Millar hasn't seen a ball NEAR the middle of the plate or belt in three at bats. Any pitcher is going to get most hitters out in that scenario.

Millar is hitting fourth tonight, because Petitte has absolutely dominated lefties this year and he makes the most sense as a #4 hitter amongst our righties. Trea insulting DT's intelligence on this issue has got to be one of the bigger jokes I've ever seen. Trea is supposed to be some sort of engineer, but I can't believe it is true because he doesn't grasp stats or sample size AT ALL.

B I N G O, and bingo was her name oh.

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Looks like Pettite for one more, than Joba for two to close it out. I doubt they will use Rivera again tonight. Hold em here Guts.

They just said on the radio that the MFY want to pitch Chamberlain tonight for 55 pitches if they can, depending on how far Pettitte goes.

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They just said on the radio that the MFY want to pitch Chamberlain tonight for 55 pitches if they can, depending on how far Pettitte goes.

Yeah, but Girardi would be dumb to take him out after six IMO.

They could let him pitch 2 or so close it out, then reach his pitch count in the pen or underneath after the game? Will be interesting to see how this shapes out tonight for sure.

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Don't agree with Trea when he makes nonsensical statements like that. He isn't right. Millar doesn't hit "worse" because he is batting clean up and using tonight's results to "prove" it is just stupid.

I defy you to look at these three year stats and prove to me that it matters where Millar hits in the line up.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/splits?playerId=3820&type=batting3

Millar hasn't hit Petitte tonight because Petitte has made his best pitches of the night against him. Millar hasn't seen a ball NEAR the middle of the plate or belt in three at bats. Any pitcher is going to get most hitters out in that scenario.

Millar is hitting fourth tonight, because Petitte has absolutely dominated lefties this year and he makes the most sense as a #4 hitter amongst our righties. Trea insulting DT's intelligence on this issue has got to be one of the bigger jokes I've ever seen. Trea is supposed to be some sort of engineer, but I can't believe it is true because he doesn't grasp stats or sample size AT ALL.

Ah the old sample size arguement. He's 36. I could care less what he did ages 33-35. It's all about his ability now at age 36. Mark McGwire hit 70 HR in 1998 yet do you think he could do that again in 2008?

Here's his performance to date:

Batting #4 - 111 AB .216 AVG .302 OBP .351 SLG .653 OPS (which went down tonight)

Batting #5 - 57 AB .263 AVG, .344 OBP, .386 SLG, .730 OPS

Batting #6 - 15 AB .400 AVG, .526 OBP, .867 SLG, 1.393 OPS

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Yeah, but Girardi would be dumb to take him out after six IMO.

They could let him pitch 2 or so close it out, then reach his pitch count in the pen or underneath after the game? Will be interesting to see how this shapes out tonight for sure.

It really is interesting. It's a strange thing to do in the middle of the season, especially with a guy who you need to contribute while making the switch.

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Ah the old sample size arguement. He's 36. I could care less what he did ages 33-35. It's all about his ability now at age 36. Mark McGwire hit 70 HR in 1998 yet do you think he could do that again in 2008?

Here's his performance to date:

Batting #4 - 111 AB .216 AVG .302 OBP .351 SLG .653 OPS (which went down tonight)

Batting #5 - 57 AB .263 AVG, .344 OBP, .386 SLG, .730 OPS

Batting #6 - 15 AB .400 AVG, .526 OBP, .867 SLG, 1.393 OPS

It's a shame you can't grasp the meaningless nature of the stats you've posted.

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