re: LSU Baseball Stat of the Week - Average w/ RISP

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I am saying it doesn't look like quite as questionable of a decision to me when the 3-4 hitters are lighting it up with men in scoring position (which they are supposed to be doing).

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And I'm saying that still doesn't make any sense.

What's your argument here? That the 3 & 4 hitters can somehow magically hit better with a runner on 2nd or 3rd than with a runner on 1st? That having the 3 & 4 runners hit better with RISP somehow justifies giving up an out rather than have Laird try to get on base on his own (which happens close to 40% of the time when he's not bunting), in which case the 3-4-5 hitters would likely knock in 2 runs during such an inning, if not more?

The math just doesn't add up to support what you're trying to say.

P.S. -- And I'm going to have to end this discussion here, because my computer is freezing on TD.com right now for whatever reason, so I can't post more than once every 2 or 3 minutes, so I'm just going to log out.