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From: ccrbrian@ucdavis.UUCP (Brian Reilly)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Mike Davis bats 7th?
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Date: Tue, 21-May-85 02:15:11 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 21 02:15:11 1985
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I went to the A's game on Saturday in Oakland, and
being a Mets fan who does not follow the A's too closely,
was surprised to find that Mike Davis of the A's bats 7th in
the lineup.  He is at or near the top of the league in average,
homers, rbi's, slugging percentage, hits, runs, extra base hits, etc.,
but he still bats 7th in the order.  Is this a way to get better
pitches for him to hit, or are the A's saying that his
stats are just a fluke and by the end of the season he will
be a real 7th place hitter?

Has a team ever had their leading hitter in so many categories
bat below 5th in the order for a whole season?  I expect
there have been a few hitters in the 7 or 8th places with high
averages, but nothing like Davis' season so far.

One other question - they don't use a golf cart to drag the
infield in Oakland.  Is this common at other stadiums as well?
Does having 3 men do it by hand provide more jobs?

			Brian Reilly

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