I thought that was the point of the post…
If someone behind him in the line-up was hitting, teams would be forced to throw to him…
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Bonds still put up numbers despite having no one in the lineup to protect him.

I believe it has been more or less proven that protection is a myth.

I thought that was the point of the post…
If someone behind him in the line-up was hitting, teams would be forced to throw to him…

thats just a case of walking someone when you don’t want to get beat by the best hitter in the game

“buckeling down” and yet walking him 22% of the time?

has anyone ever thought about maybe pitchers are really buckeling down because its alex rodriguez up at bat in a big spot? I really doubt pitchers pitch a-rod the same way in big spots as they would any other hitter.

Max Kellerman clearly reads WW and saw my comment on Sunday’s game post that me and Steve want Nady 5th j/k

I think they should do it because Giambi has been awful lately and if Nady and A-Rod are both hitting .330 then it’s not going to matter much if they righty/righty back to back.

I guess the only issue would be Giambi and Cano back to back at 6 and 7 but you could always bat Pudge ahead of Cano or pinch hit Sexson or Betitmet for Giambi when a lefty comes in.

Alex just needs to shorten his swing in those spots. Too often his swing becomes of the home run variety which leads to failure.

Hideki Matsui was so crucial for things like this. You could put him anyway and he would hit in big spots.

phishie – actually, I had no idea…then again, maybe Max is reading WW?

Good point Raf. Ruth and Gehrig were both LHB…and they batted BTB. When you’re good…you’re good.

I know that it’s hard to put to back-to-back right-hanged batters in the middle of your line-up.
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It’s been done before; Alex Rodriguez & Edgar Martinez (3-4) in Seattle.