http://community.sportsbubbler.com/blogs/between_the_green_pillars/archive/2008/03/21/more-support-for-batting-kendall-9th.aspxAs was reported earlier on this blog , there is some support out there for the general concept of batting your pitcher 8th. In that case, they looked at Tony LaRussa's decision to do so last year. Now, Dan Fox over at Baseball Prospectus , has someenCommunityServer 2007 (Debug Build: 20423.869)