To summarize my part of this discussion (since the folks on the other side seem confused):
If I have a hitter of EM's caliber, with a lesser hitter on deck (as most everybody who batted behind him was), if the game is on the line and I need a base hit, I want him to be agressive at the plate. If there's a ball in the strike zone, I want him swinging at it and trying to put the ball in play. I don't want him working the count and drawing a base on balls, especially if he's passing on hittable pitches to do that. Because by doing that, he's just passing the buck to the lesser guy behind him to get the job done.
Now if he puts the ball in play and makes an out . . . that's baseball. But at least he's trying to do his job, which is to be a hitter in a situation in which a hit is called for.
If he walks because he was not given any hittable pitches . . . that's also baseball. Let's hope the guy behind him gets it done.
I'm not sure why this is so baffling to some folks here.