Dusy Baker, on Joey Votto in March: "He needs to swing more. I'd like to see him more aggressive."
Shysterball now brings us the "list of dudes with a minimum of 20 ABs who haven't walked yet":
Matt Diaz (ATL): 62 ABsI'd now like to point out the Reds are paying Baker "about $3.5MM" to manage their team. This isn't "Cincinnati Reds Baseball Heaven Fantasy Camp 2008", where Dusty gets to live his dream for the low price of $3,995.00. This was Cincinnati's idea.
Joey Votto (CIN): 47 ABs
Jose Molina (NYY): 36 ABs
Mike Fontenot: (CHC): 31 ABs
Jay Payton (BAL): 30 ABs
Greg Dobbs (PHI): 25 ABs
Brian Bixler (PIT): 24 ABs
So Taguchi (PHI): 21 ABs
Darin Erstad (HOU): 20 ABs
In a related story, Hee Seop Choi is currently playing for the Kia Tigers in the Korean League.