Plus, guys like Juan Pierre and David Eckstein... who don't normally hit for extremely high average, but have great bat control and rarely strikeout... these guys would benefit immensely from this power.

They could easily sit there and foul off pitches they don't like and wait on the pitch they do like.

Plus, studying game film would help you a lot too. If a guy throws a curve and you know it's coming but you still can't hit it... study film and see how far off you are... etc. This would be a most effective exercise against the other teams relievers after the first game of a 4 game series, where you can safely assume you'll face them again soon.

If Tom Gordon comes in and K's you in game 1 of a 4-game series, and you guess to see him 1 or 2 more times then study that game film and you'll nail him.