[Sooga]

It's easier to maintain a high average if you don't have a lot of at-bats to hurt you... if you go 0-5 during a game, your average will plummet, but if you walk 3 times, you'll only be 0-2. Isn't this one of the main reasons critics were pointing to that Ichiro won't hit .400? He racks up too many at bats.