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CLEVELAND -- The bionic reliever, Andrew Miller, threw 46 pitches Tuesday night for those Cleveland Indians in Game 1 of the World Series. Afterward, he said he couldnt wait to get right back out there in Game 2, because, well, of course he did.But we know what youre thinking: Who the heck does that? Hey, excellent question.Allow us to fill you in on exactly how rare that is. But before we give you all the numbers, we could sum up our findings in two words: Insanely rare! Now here are the amazing details:??Over the past three regular seasons, according to baseball-reference.com, there were 848 times that a manager asked a relief pitcher to throw at least 46 pitches. So that happens. But only three of those 848 came back to pitch again the next day, the Elias Sports Bureau reports. That comes down to less than four-tenths of 1 percent, which is math-ese for almost never. Got that? Great. Now lets break it down further.? In 2016, as the multi-inning reliever became more of a thing around the sport, a reliever threw 46-plus pitches in a game a whopping 325 times. Only one of them came back to pitch the next day. That was Oakland swing man Andrew Triggs, who threw 53 pitches out of the pen on June 30, then fired up 15 more the next day. For the record, he threw a scoreless inning that day, with a walk and a strikeout.? In 2015, 266 relievers threw 46 pitches or more at some point. Again, just one of them showed up in the box score the next day. That was Pirates middle reliever Radhames Liz, who had a 48-pitch outing on May 14 and followed with 19 messy pitches the next day. He crammed two hits and two walks into one-third of an inning on the back end.? Finally, in 2014, there were 257 instances of a pitcher piling up that many pitches in relief. The only one in the group who cranked it back up the next day was Braves reliever Pedro Beato, who got called up from the minors, threw 47 pitches one day (June 17), fired 13 more the next day and then headed back to the minor leagues. Even a shutout inning in that second outing didnt save him from that fate.So you get the idea. If Miller were to come back and pitch again after burning that many pitches the night before, he would be doing something that, a) pitchers of his stature basically never do anymore, and b) pitchers of even lesser stature do only in an emergency, because the rules say somebody has to pitch every inning of every game. But maybe youre thinking that the postseason is a different animal. Well, you would be correct if youre thinking that. But you would be incorrect if youre thinking that this has been a more regular occurrence in the postseason in recent years.According to Elias, no reliever has made a 46-pitch outing in any postseason game and then pitched again the next day since Keith Foulke did it for the 2004 Red Sox in Games 4 and 5 of the unforgettable ALCS against the Yankees. He threw 50 in Game 4, another 22 in Game 5 and then, incredibly, had 28 more in him the next day in Game 6. Coincidence alert: His manager was ... Terry Francona.But between Foulkes outings and Millers outing in Game 1, there were 55 instances in which a pitcher threw 46 pitches or more in relief in a postseason game. Not one of them was back in action the next day. We repeat: Not. One.It happened more frequently once upon a time, though. In fact, Foulke also had a 51/20 back-to-backer for Oakland in the 2003 ALDS. And in 2002, Francisco Rodriguez went 46/16 in Games 6 and 7 of the World Series for the Angels.Thats getting to be a long, long time ago now. But then again, we keep theorizing that Andrew Miller is redefining how the modern reliever is used -- in all sorts of ways. And who knows. He just might be ready to do that again.Enrique Hernandez Jersey . -- Josh Sterk scored once and set up two more as the Oshawa Generals edged the visiting Belleville Bulls 3-2 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Russell Martin Jersey . -- Stanford squashed Oregons national championship hopes again, schooling the Ducks in power football. http://www.ladodgersprostore.us/Joe-Kelly-dodgers-jersey/ . The 25-year-old Japanese star has officially been posted by his club team, the Rakuten Golden Eagles. Chris Taylor Dodgers Jersey . Klitschkos management company says the bout will be the Ukrainian fighters 25th world championship fight. 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When they crossed paths at someone elses place, they would nod politely - as when the trophy was put up for grabs in their match at the 2011 World Cup in India - but neither would invite the other into their home. But at the World Cup last year, they kissed and made up, decided that actually that tree had plenty of tasty fruit, and why couldnt they just share it, after all.As a result, having gone nearly six years without a standalone Chappell-Hadlee series, we now have three in the space of 12 months. In February, New Zealand won at home. The teams now meet in Australia, and next February, they again play in New Zealand. It is curious scheduling for both sides. New Zealand rushed to Australia the day after winning a home Test series against Pakistan, but at least they can stay in white-ball mode for a while: their next commitments are home ODIs and T20s against Bangladesh. Australia have switched almost as quickly from Test mode, but unlike New Zealand, they must hastily change back into a Test mindset as soon as these three games are over, as they host Pakistan for three Tests.In the meantime, we can sit back and enjoy what should be a fine one-day series. If the World Cup final last year was a bit of an anticlimax, the pool game in Auckland showed how thrilling contests between these two teams can be. It was a low-scoring affair, dominated by the pace and swing of Mitchell Starc and Trent Boult - both of whom will be playing in this series - and it went down to the last wicket. Both teams have had significant personnel changes since that World Cup, though: from that match alone, Brendon McCullum, Daniel Vettori, Grant Elliott, Michael Clarke, Shane Watson, Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson have all retired.New Zealand enter this series missing some important players: Ross Taylor is recovering from eye surgery, while Adam Milne, Mitchell McClenaghan and Corey Anderson are all out injured. But they could unleash the pace of Lockie Ferguson, who at his best can hit 150kph, and still have some fine names throughout their batting and bowling groups. Australia come in at full strength, with Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc back after resting from the tour of South Africa, and Steven Smiths men will be keen to put the focus back on the cricket after the Glenn Maxwell-Matthew Wade controversy in the lead-up.Form guide(last five completed matches, most recent first)? Australia: LLLLLNew Zealand: LWLWLIn the spotlightGlenn Maxwell hasnt played an ODI since the tour of the West Indies in June, having been left out of the squad for the tours of Sri Lanka and South Africa. If he wantedd to slip quietly back into the side for this series, his pre-match comments on Matthew Wade and the Victorian batting-order have ended any hopes of that.dddddddddddd Maxwell might just find himself under even more pressure to perform as a result - if he even finds himself in the XI at all.Martin Guptill is the No. 8-ranked ODI batsman in the world, boasts the second-highest score in ODI history (237*) and has struck 14 international centuries across formats. And yet, not a single hundred has come against Australia in 40 innings in Tests, ODIs and T20s. But Guptills last one-day series against Australia hinted at progress: he scored 90 in Auckland and was the leading scorer from both sides across the three-match Chappell-Hadlee series. But with Taylor injured and McCullum having retired since, the pressure is on Guptill once again to stand up as a senior batsman.Team newsAustralia have stressed that they will pick their strongest XI while this series is alive, and will refrain from resting fast bowlers as they did on the tour of South Africa. That should mean an attack based around Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins. The main question is the balance of the middle order and allrounders, with Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell and James Faulkner potentially vying for just two positions. The uncapped Hilton Cartwright, named in the 14-man squad, has been released to play in the Sheffield Shield.Australia (possible) 1 David Warner, 2 Aaron Finch, 3 Steven Smith (capt), 4 George Bailey, 5 Mitchell Marsh, 6 Travis Head/Glenn Maxwell, 7 Matthew Wade (wk), 8 Mitchell Starc, 9 Adam Zampa, 10 Pat Cummins, 11 Josh Hazlewood.New Zealand have plenty of bowling options to choose from, with the uncapped Ferguson having a chance of playing.New Zealand (possible) 1 Tom Latham, 2 Martin Guptill, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Henry Nicholls, 5 Colin Munro, 6 James Neesham, 7 BJ Watling (wk), 8 Mitchell Santner, 9 Matt Henry/Lockie Ferguson/Colin de Grandhomme, 10 Tim Southee, 11 Trent Boult.Pitch and conditionsThe only ODI at the SCG last summer was a high-scoring affair in which India chased down 331 to beat Australia. There has been spin on offer at the ground in the Sheffield Shield this season, but expect the one-day surface to be good for batting. The forecast for Sunday is for a fine day and a top of 28 degrees centigrade.Stats and triviaThe worlds joint top ODI wicket-taker in 2016 is fit and available, but has been left out of Australias squad for this series: John Hastings, who has 29 victims at 24.13.Martin Guptill needs 45 runs to reach the 5000-run mark in ODIsThe Chappell-Hadlee series has not been played in Australia since February 2009Quotes Weve both come off playing Test matches, so weve got to be adaptable and turn things around with the white ball. Weve played pretty well here in Australia in one-day cricket, hopefully that will continue.Steven Smith ' ' '