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Originally Posted by gales0678
torre did it with a-rod was he not a franchise player?
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Gales, I don't recall the situation. Details? He must have had a reason or was trying to teach him a lesson. Howard is still a young maturing player you don't want to instill in him that he can't hit top quality lefties(even though he can't). There had to be an expectation that Pettite would only last 4-6 innings on 3 days rest and you wanted him in the clean-up spot to bat against the Yankee middle relievers and protect Utley.