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Arguing about batting order is wasting your time on something not very meaningful, but it's still fun. As long as you're doing it, how can you do it better?

Some wacky ideas for how the Philadelphia Phillies should set their batting order versus the New York Yankees in the 2009 World Series that Charlie Manual will definitely adopt.

What would be the best batting order for the New York Yankees in the 2009 World Series?

The Cleveland Indians announced that Eric Wedge and his coaching staff will not return next season. It's an understandable move, but let's not fool ourselves into thinking that Wedge was one of the main problems in Cleveland.

Yet another installment in an intermittent series of articles optimizing the batting orders or teams with bad offenses. This article takes on the revamped lineup of the San Francisco Giants as they make a push for the playoffs.

An optimized batting order only gains a team 5 to 15 runs a year, but to buy those marginal runs on the current free agent market usually costs a team from two to seven million dollars. This is the third post in an occasional series going through some of those bad 2009 offenses and optimizing their batting orders. This article deals with the 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates.

An optimized batting order only gains a team 5 to 15 runs a year, but to buy those marginal runs on the current free agent market usually costs a team from two to seven million dollars. This is the second post in an occasional series going through some of those bad 2009 offenses and optimizing their batting orders. This article deals with the 2009 San Diego Padres

An optimized batting order only gains a team 5 to 15 runs a year, but the teams with some the worst offenses in baseball need all the help the can get. This is the first post in an occasional series going through some of those bad 2009 offenses and optimizing their batting orders. First up: the Kansas City Royals.