21.   Goodwin has batted second for the last two weeks, taken out of the leadoff spot because of his inability to get on base.

22.   He did not return to the leadoff spot.

23.   He also stole a base and scored two runs from the leadoff spot.

24.   He has excelled from the leadoff spot throughout his career.

25.   He is in the leadoff spot because of his speed, but Green gladly settled for two home runs on Wednesday night.

26.   He will bat either first or ninth, and Wil Cordero will take the leadoff spot on days when Hosey is at the bottom.

27.   Hunter was back in the leadoff spot Wednesday.

28.   If Mark McLemore had stayed healthy and filled the leadoff spot, and if the pitching had not fallen apart, Buford would have been fine.

29.   In the past five years, slightly less than a third of his at-bats were in the leadoff spot.

30.   Interestingly, Valentine tried Gilkey in the leadoff spot last week, perhaps as a way to get him going.