re why is barry bonds not batting th in article apr hpcvaac cv hp com paula koufax cv hp com paul andresen writes in article apr leland stanford edu punjabi leland stanford edu sanjeev punjabi writes 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 have to wonder if this good hitter behind you argument is really valid has anyone done a study on this paula koufax cv hp com paul andresen hewlett packard you want a study look at matt williams the year after mitchell was gone look no further not a scientific study but it ll show the truth for matt besides bonds wants to bat th tim if you want an actual analysis of batting order look up analysis of baseball batting order by monte carlo simulation by freeze journal of the operations research scoiety of america no
