re why is barry bonds not batting th in article franjion spot colorado edu franjion spot colorado edu john franjione writes 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 i don t understand if it is williams lack of ability which you say above and i agree with which causes him to swing at bad pitches how will thinking that bonds hitting behind him will help him to stop chasing bad pitches i didn t mean that it would necessarily help him improve at that specific deficiency i meant that if having bonds bat behind him gives williams possibly unfounded confidence that might translate into more hitting productivity but you re right if williams biggest problem is more physical than mental that s less likely to make a difference michael zimmers voice softhelp suppliers to software developers data
