re why is barry bonds not batting th st ge elroy uh edu edward hui writes 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 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 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 john franjione department of chemical engineering university of colorado boulder franjion spot colorado edu
