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Old 03-29-2006, 08:52 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by mrbill
Conventional wisdom certainly says its easier to hit a pitcher the 2nd time a batter sees him in a game.

Can no statistics be found to support/debunk this claim?

We need the Mythbusters!
It's not about if the batter would have it easier the second time. It's about how is that correllated to the pitches. It is easy to just give pitchers a rating that would reflect how they would handle hitters the second time or third time around, but it's not easy to tie that to their pitches.
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