YEAH! That is the correct answer, Nedly! The point of hitting the pitcher 8th is to attempt to get more baserunners out there for your 1 and 2 hitters, as the pitcher is almost never on base. The downside of this is losing RBI opportunities to drive in the 6th and 7th hitters. However, out situation seems to minimize the downside while maximizing the benefit. Our 6 and 7 hitters should be Hall and Hardy (or maybe Cameron) - not exactly OBP guys for the 8th guy to drive in. And Jason Kendall has his horrible SLG and "eh" batting average - not the guy to drive them in. But he's got that solid OBP, so placing him 9th will actually make a pretty good impact on getting some baserunners for Weeks to drive in. I'm very happy they are considering this, I thought never in a million years they would. And Braun 2nd! That's awesome, getting one of our top two hitters in a spot where we should have one of our top two hitters.