CrespBlows, the Red Sox HAVE owned Maroth. Thats a fact. It doesn't matter that he had only 7 starts against us. It is a FACT that the Red Sox hit him well throughout all of those starts. We're not arguing that Maroth is a terrible pitcher because of those 7 starts, we are saying that the Red Sox have done well against him, which they have.
And the Bonds comparison is just wrong. If Bonds faced a pitcher in 7 games, let'ssay he had 15 At-Bats, and only managed 1 single with 8 strike outs. It would be a fact that the pitcher had owned Bonds. It doesn't matter what the condition is. The fact would be that Bonds didn't do well against him. Again, thats not saying that Bonds is a bad hitter or that the pitcher is Cy Young, its simply saying that Bonds hadn't had success against the pitcher. That has NOTHING to do with Sample Sizes.