re why is barry bonds not batting th in article apr leland stanford edu bohnert leland stanford edu matthew bohnert writes consistent hitter definitely the best in the national league imho to have williams a streaky hitter and not really a clutch hitter batting th ahead of bonds is simply an injustice to the giants and fans of the giants having bonds batting behind williams means that matt will get more good pitches to hit this is important since he struggles so much with breaking balls opposing pitchers don t want to walk williams to get to bonds you re definitely correct in that williams absolutely has to be sandwiched in between clark and bonds he must and i mean must get fastballs to hit otherwise he becomes little more than sixto lezcano in disguise what i would suggest is perhaps batting bonds williams and clark the reason being that i feel bonds potential basestealing abilities are wasted when he s stuck behind two slow runners i think the chance of getting extra stolen bases with bonds in the spot would more than offset any drop in in run production by having clark in the spot matt williams does not like hitting cleanup secondly bonds and clark in that order are a lot more productive with runners in scoring position than matt i am streaky free swinger williams sanjeev
