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As a newbie I have another question. How do you guys handle reverse pitchers in setting up your line-up. Normally if I am facing Wells for example he sets up like a righty so I could set my LH lineup with guys who hit LH or hit like lefties. IF he is the only lefty facing me that's fine but what if the same tieam throws another lefty who is good against lefties. What is a good rule for this?Do you try and figure which strategy will get better results like analyzing the park? Any startegies for this occurence?

If I'm looking at two same-sided SPs, one inverted and the other not, and I have a heavily platooned (3 or more positions) line-up, I try to decide which pitcher I can hit more effectively. For example, if someone is starting Wells and Johnson against me, I'll probably opt to try to go after Wells since doing anything against Johnson is less likely. It also depends on the park. If it's against Wells in Minute Maid, for example, I'll keep my regular LHP platoon in because the RH bats will be more effective there (and Wells gives up a lot of jacks to RHB).