hard to disagree with "Olerud363" on this when there is so much data to back it up. I guess it's why the kids throw hissy fits instead of trying to prove him wrong. There is no data to prove him wrong.
The worst part about all this.. we have the players to be a good on base team (minus a few), and the players to drive them in. It really is an organization problem.. they don't believe on base is all that important, and if they do, they have an extremely poor execution plan. Does anyone believe the Boston Redsox would employ scrubs like JPA and Boni? at the very least they would attempt to change their approach and not let them free swing.