Too many times I'm infuriated by the tendency of Halo hitters to swing at the first pitch.  I figure I need some perspective, so I head to the stats pages to see what's what.  Below are the numbers from the 2006 season when hitting with the count at 0-0.

Link at http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/Statistics/Team/playerstats?team=laa&seasonYear=2006&split=64& amp;seasonType=2&type=reg&pagetype=batting

Some things I see right off the bat:

• Overall results for many players are better than I expected. Maybe I'll be more tolerant of some players but not others.
  
• Vladdy swings at the most first pitches (I knew that) but his BA at .333 is about the same as his overall average.  GA, AK, OC, and Q also seem to have high BA when first pitch swinging.
  
• Napoli, Morales and Rivera should NEVER swing at the first pitch.  Morales seems to be worse at this lately with declining results.
• Any other comments from the Halo faithful?
  Do you like it or hate it?

NAME            G    AB    BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Vladimir Guerrero    75    81    .333    .329    .506    .835
Garret Anderson    53    51    .392    .385    .510    .894
Adam Kennedy    57    44    .409    .409    .545    .955
Chone Figgins    66    41    .317    .326    .415    .740
Orlando Cabrera    70    38    .421    .415    .632    1.046
Kendry Morales    33    31    .161    .161    .355    .516
Jose Molina        21    26    .346    .370    .577    .947
Juan Rivera        39    23    .174    .200    .261    .461
Robb Quinlan    21    19    .421    .421    .526    .947
Mike Napoli        32    14    .214    .313    .429    .741
Tim Salmon        21    13    .385    .429    .846    1.275
Casey Kotchman    14    12    .250    .250    .333    .583
Tommy Murphy    17    11    .273    .250    .364    .614
Dallas McPherson    18    10    .500    .500    .500    1.000
Darin Erstad    12    9    .333    .333    .444    .778
Maicer Izturis    25    8    .250    .250    .625    .875
Howie Kendrick    5    4    .000    .200    .000    .200