What's the point of having men on base when you can't do anything with that??? 2 ON NO OUTS, DOes Manuel Bunt??? Hardly not. Do players settle down and shorten there swing?? Not!!! Always want to be a 3-run Hero..What is there to do when they look at a pitch right down Broadway and they don't swing?? and they swing at s*** pitches??.. And last but not least why do you want men on for when all there going to do is hit in to the Doogone 6-4-3 Double Play???
I agree that OBP is a factor but there's other factors too