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Old Thu Feb 14, 2013, 02:17pm
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by youngump View Post
The thread on projected substitution got me wondering. Do most of you usually have an idea who is up to bat? If the coach came up to me and said I want to bat 30 for 20 in the 5 spot, I'd have no idea if that was 9 spots away or due up. Should I be paying more attention to that?
If you ask the coach, "Is 30 up to bat now?" he says, "No", and you say, "Then when 30 is actually coming to the plate, that's when you can let me know of your change," then you won't have to worry about it.
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