31.   Either in the batting order, or defensively.

32.   Eric Karros is cleaning up in the fifth spot in the batting order en route to career highs in home runs and RBI.

33.   Even worse, go to the bottom of the financial batting order in baseball, and you will find, among many, the Kansas City Royals.

34.   Four players in the opening day lineup were not with the team last season, including the first three players in the batting order.

35.   He had been dropped to seventh in the batting order after the Dodgers picked up Reggie Smith, who already had drifted from the Red Sox to the Cardinals.

36.   He had no strikeouts through three innings before fanning five in a row beginning with the heart of the St. Louis batting order in the fourth.

37.   He has been bumped in the batting order from cleanup to sixth and even seventh.

38.   He must set the batting order and make roster moves and figure out the double switch.

39.   He dropped Martinez in the batting order.

40.   He said it was difficult jumping around in the batting order last season.