re why is barry bonds not batting th timothy cree timothy lamar colostate edu wrote 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 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 i had thought that williams batted after mitchell wouldn t that show that williams does better at th rather than th the point is moot though becase clark pretty much demands to be rd and like you point out bonds does like to bat th the only person left to bat th is williams mike west west esd dl nec com
