re why is barry bonds not batting th in article apr leland stanford edu punjabi leland stanford edu sanjeev punjabi writes as the heading indicates it is impossible for me to fathom why barry is not batting th for the giants behind will clark barry is such an awesome and 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 simple reasons batting williams ahead of bonds will create a left clark right williams left bonds situation in the middle of the batting order this makes it tougher for opposing manager to change pitchers 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 edward hui
