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In Banana Ball, the Golden Batter rule allows teams, once per game, to send their best hitter to the plate regardless of where they fall in the batting order.

What’s not negotiable is the conveying of their connection, both as the best of friends and their proximity in UCLA’s batting order.

Still, the bottom half of the team’s batting order hasn’t been productive.

And even though the bottom of the batting order was struggling, the Dodgers were still averaging more than 5 ½ runs per game, hardly seeming to notice Freddie Freeman’s early absence.

He’s become a reliable hitter in the bottom of the batting order, which adds to the Panthers’ success.