Posted by MikeT23 on 2/11/2014 3:45:00 PM (view original):
Why does everyone assume that EM would have only swung at bad pitches and then make an out on those swings?
Couldn't he hit at all?
No one assumes that. We're all assuming the opposite - he swung at pitches he thought he could drive, and took pitches he didn't think he could drive. Based on his career batting average and SLG, he was one of the best in the game at making those decisions. But you seem to think he SHOULD have been swinging at more pitches. Logic clearly dictates that the pitches he didn't swing at, he generally thought he wasn't likely to hit hard. But you want him to swing at them anyway.
You're the one saying he should swing more. Apparently you're just too stupid to understand this argument at all, because your arguments are addressing an argument that's basically 180 degrees away from the one we're making.