In Baseball the ideal line up starts with the players most likely to get on base and advance and then follows with the power hitters.   This model for drawing up a line up is almost universal.

What it fails to take into account however is that the opposing pitcher often takes a few batters to settle down and start throwing well.  If the manager adjusted his lineup to take this anomaly into account, by batting one of his power hitters first, his team might end up with more hits.

In fact he could only make the adjustment against pitchers who have shown a tendency to give up early hits.

I’m just thinking outside the box.  In this case the batters box.