re why is barry bonds not batting th in article r mek hlq menudo uh edu st ge elroy uh edu 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 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 both your reasons are not good ones joe morgan thinks that bonds clark williams should be the hitters while he believes that clark bonds williams is fine he definitely is of the opinion that bonds should hit ahead of williams i am inclined to agree with him your first reason is not valid because bonds can hit both lefties and righties very well he hits lefties or righties better than any other giant williams is still getting breaking balls although not as much as last season but the bottom line is bonds is a far more disciplined and more productive hitter than williams and i prefer to take my chances with bonds driving in the or hitters who are expected to have high obps than with williams williams would get more fastballs with bonds on first and second base open because of the threat of bonds stealing
