It's quite rare that a team hands a Major League starting job to a player who has never had a Major League at-bat. Â*It happens occasionally--the Twins did it with Joe Mauer last year--but when a team makes that choice, it speaks volumes about the confidence they have in that guy. Â*The Brewers, apparently, have that kind of faith in 22-year-old J.J. Hardy, despite the fact he has only had 101 AAA at-bats, and spent most of 2004 on the disabled list. Everyone seems to agree that his defense is...
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