re hbp bb big cat kubey sgi com ken kubey writes and finally i d like to point out that many high obp guys draw their walks more because pitchers are afraid to throw a strike to them than because they have a great eye this comes up periodically and i just don t get it take for example mark mcgwire he walked times in if that s not a potential great example of what you re talking about then i don t know what is now let s look at what happens when mcgwire doesn t walk of the time he made an out of the time he hit a single of the time he hit a double of the time he hit a homer now you re pitching against mcgwire would you trade walks for homers double singles and outs i would why give him the base when you can get him out times out of then there are guys like alex cole who has a career obp even though he s never had a batting average over he did hit in ab in or hit a single home run yep that s right he s never hit a homer in ab s through the end of who d be afraid to throw a strike to him mike jones aix high end development mjones donald aix kingston ibm com i ve never been prejudiced by sex entertained yes but never prejudiced justice dan snow walter matthau
