Beyond the Box Score (on of our favorites) ran an analysis of all of the players in the major leagues about how often they swing at a pitches outside of the strike zone.  The results aren't all that surprising for most baseball fans - Vladimir Guerrero topped the list of free-swingers (And no, we're not talking about going commando).  But what's interesting about this list is that some quality hitters who hit for power, who oftencredit their success to being aggressive early in the count, swing at a lot of pitches out of the zone (Josh Hamilton, Ryan Braun, Jeff Francouer).  But there are also a lot of quality players who hit for power on the list of lowest balls out of the strikezone percentage as well (Jason Giambi, Bobby Abreu, Chipper Jones).

Baseball, we suppose, is a game of different strokes for different folks in all facets. 

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