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Hit Parade: Hot and cold June hitters

By Brendan Roberts
ESPN.com

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Ichiro Suzuki hit a pedestrian .259 before rebounding in May (he's hitting .333). Coincidence? I think not. Fantasy owners are kings of stats splits and trends, and for good reason. Not all trends are meaningful, mind you. For instance, if a hitter has traditionally hit lefties better on the third Friday of every month, that's probably more coincidence than significant, but when there's a good sample size to choose from and at least a speculative explanation for a split, trends can be very tell ...

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