The only thing anyone has offered is the HR's per At-Bat statistic, which on its surface does appear damning. But have you looked at the dramatic decline in his number of at-bats and the increase in his number of walks over that time period, particularly intentional walks? People are pitching around him all the time, but you can't do that forever. When you do pitch to him, he makes contact, and with the short porch in right, more balls are going to go over the wall.
His most recent stats are skewed because of the lower number of at bats. This indicates that pitchers/managers are scared to pitch to him. How do you think that influences THEIR performance?
Perhaps you missed this link from another thread....
It's pretty damning stuff -- looks like a lot of folks in Barry's life has testified or turned against him..
Pretty sad, actually.....
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/magazine/03/06/growth.doc0313/
Semper Fi
Walks don't count as at-bats.
Open your eyes.