A leadoff hitter is not so much a specific baseball player as he is a concept. You can’t name every guy to lead off this season, or this week, or even last night, but you can explain exactly what a leadoff hitter feels like. There are no hard-and-fast rules for how much he should get on base or how speedy he should be, but, Potter Stewart-style, you probably know it when you see it.
So, with this in mind, take a look at Cincinnati’s lineup from Monday night in Los Angeles:
It’s weird! It’s definitely weird.