Alex Belth follows up on this Baseball Musings post about the Yankees batting order. He has this great Torre quote from the NY Times:

Derek Jeter batted leadoff Thursday, with the new second baseman, Tony Womack, batting ninth. Manager Joe Torre said he expected to stick with that arrangement, mainly because he could not think of another everyday player who could bat ninth.

It's a great way of stating it. The 9th hitter is usually pretty easy to pick out; he's the player who doesn't hit well. Torre makes it sound like you need special skills to hit 9th. Another example of Torre's leadership.

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