re why is barry bonds not batting th in article r di car apple com chuq apple com chuq von rospach writes punjabi leland stanford edu sanjeev punjabi writes some evidence that is not working take a look at the standings it s real easy to get so focussed on minutinae and forget that the giants happen to be in first place if it s working you don t screw it up by changing things just because you think it ought to be different so that is the reason why the toronto blue jays should keep alfredo griffin just because it worked a team winning doesn t mean that everything that it s doing is right a team not winning doesn t mean that everything that it s doing is wrong or otherwise to borrow the sharks situation you would say that george kingston should be fired some folks like to argue about theoretical details i prefer to watch teams win when the giants slip to third then we can talk about how to re arrange the batting order until then i think it s stupid to focus on what s wrong for the simple fact that it s working as it is by then it s too late the problem with not fixing something while it s working is that by then there may not be anything left to fix mostly though the giants are winning and frankly as long as that continues it s rather silly to second guess their strategy but evidently some folks would rather be right than be first so the blue jays were simply perfect last year there was nothing that they could have done to have improved that team not go california angels nelson lu claudius leland stanford edu
