Justin Miller (baseball)

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**Justin Miller**
Miller, pitching for the Marlins in June 2007
Florida Marlins — No. 32
Relief pitcher
Born: August 27, 1977 (1977-08-27) (age 30) Torrance, California
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
April 12, 2002 for the Toronto Blue Jays
Selected MLB statistics (through June 1, 2008)
Win-Loss	18-11
Earned run average	5.27
Strikeouts	220
Teams
Toronto Blue Jays (2002, 2004-2005) Florida Marlins (2007-present)

Justin Mark Miller (born August 27, 1977 in Torrance, California) is a right-handed relief pitcher for the Florida Marlins in Major League Baseball. He also played for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2002, 2004 and 2005 and has been in the Colorado Rockies, Oakland Athletics, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and Philadelphia Phillies organizations.

Miller started the 2007 season at Class AAA Albuquerque and was recalled by the Marlins on May 19, 2007, due to an injury to Ricky Nolasco. Although Miller had been a starter in previous seasons, the Marlins recalled him to fill a relief role, with former closer Byung-Hyun Kim taking Nolasco's spot in the starting rotation.

Miller is known for his many tattoos. In a move sometimes called the "Justin Miller rule", Major League Baseball told Miller that he had to wear a long-sleeved shirt under his jersey whenever he was playing because hitters complained about being distracted by Miller's sleeve tattoos.^[1]. In the May 26, 2008 Sports Illustrated, both Aaron Rowand and Mark Hendrickson said that Miller had the most ridiculous tattoo they had ever seen. Rowand went into more detail talking about how he thought Miller's "I LOVE Billy Koch" tattoo on his backside was most ridiculous.

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^ Klemish, Dawn."Notes: Nolasco to rest on disabled list" "Miller is a colorful character in more ways than one: The 29-year-old's arms are all but hidden beneath vibrant tattoos. So much, in fact, that after opposing batters complained about Miller's arms being a distraction at the plate, in 2004, Major League Baseball established a rule that forced Miller to wear long sleeves whenever he played."..."I don't know," he laughed. "They just said it's the 'Justin Miller rule.'" mlb.com, 2007-05-19. Accessed 2007-09-20.