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Injury reveal shows Kingman on his best season and he is absolutely rocking.

In one game, HAL did bat him leadoff against lefties. Sooo, there can't be a good reason for that because, although his OBP vs lefties is ok, his power is crazy good; no sane manager would bat him leadoff. Looks like HAL was just smoking crack that night.

[quote:ee9feb30ce="franky35"]Injury reveal shows Kingman on his best season and he is absolutely rocking.

In one game, HAL did bat him leadoff against lefties. Sooo, there can't be a good reason for that because, although his OBP vs lefties is ok, his power is crazy good; no sane manager would bat him leadoff. Looks like HAL was just smoking crack that night.[/quote:ee9feb30ce]Again, I'll say...
3. Even though Hal may play the better card, he does not offer a strategic lineup. I have left lineups totaly blank and Hal will bat the same player anywhere from 1st to 4th to 9th which tells me that the program that picks the lineup has no "leadoff", "clean up" mentality.