re why is barry bonds not batting th in article franjion spot colorado edu franjion spot colorado edu john franjione writes i don t understand this at all matt williams has demonstrated throughout his career that he will not wait for good pitches to hit he won t take walks he d rather swing if i m the opposing pitcher why would i groove a fastball to williams and have him hit it well when i know that williams will swing and miss or at least not hit very well at a low and away curve matt s problem is really more ability than attitude it isn t that he s got it in his mind that he wants to swing away but rather that he s still a total sucker for the curve ball it looked for a while in that he was getting better but it s still his weak point as to whether it does him any good to have bonds behind him the net stat mavens will probably tell you there s no reason that it should but if he thinks it will it might be a self fulfilling prophecy as to whether the giants lineup is optimal who knows batting bonds the team s best hitter fifth does seem to be odd but the and hitters aren t exactly messrs oba so they aren t giving much up there and although clark isn t the overall offensive force that bonds is he seems better suited to the spot assuming of course that he starts hitting one of these days michael zimmers voice softhelp suppliers to software developers data
