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Matt700wlw · 05-15-2007, 07:58 PM

Well if you have 3 lefties back to back to back, the opposing manger can bring in one lefty specialist for all 3 batters...if you break them up, then the manager had to decide what to do about the righty....maybe they have to use 2 extra pitchers now...

That's the thought process, I guess, but to me it sounds more like a manager outmanaging himself.....the opposing manager isn't going to panic because there's a righty breaking up the lefties. He'll simply bring in a different reliever and save the specialist for a different situation...

Just put your best hitters in the best places for them to have success. If that means Griffey, Dunn, Hamilton...then so be it.

05-15-2007, 07:58 PM	#3
Matt700wlw Making sense of it all Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 26,149	Re: Can anyone tell me the advantage of breaking up the lefty's in the lineup? Well if you have 3 lefties back to back to back, the opposing manger can bring in one lefty specialist for all 3 batters...if you break them up, then the manager had to decide what to do about the righty....maybe they have to use 2 extra pitchers now... That's the thought process, I guess, but to me it sounds more like a manager outmanaging himself.....the opposing manager isn't going to panic because there's a righty breaking up the lefties. He'll simply bring in a different reliever and save the specialist for a different situation... Just put your best hitters in the best places for them to have success. If that means Griffey, Dunn, Hamilton...then so be it. __________________ An excited shade of Red Last edited by Matt700wlw; 05-15-2007 at 08:04 PM.