Thread: #8 hitters mash
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Old 09-15-2003, 01:08 PM   #7
Gastric ReFlux
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I've seen this happen on teams where they don't have a good leadoff man. The only guys with good OBPs are the ones with power and they get stuck in the 3rd, 3th, and 5th spots in the lineup and it ends up giving the #8 guy plenty of RBI chances.
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