Is Billy Baseball's goat?

Great article on the A's and baseball.

"Ever since we learned how to play this game, we were told 'You can't bunt your way to the big leagues. You can't walk your way to the big leagues.' Now, in the big leagues, we're getting to a point where 0-0, 1-0 and 2-0 counts may not necessarily be hitters' counts anymore," the scout says. "If you take this thing too far, you'll have hitters more concerned with seeing pitches than hitting pitches.

"I understand why they do what they do. They need to draft players who can arrive to the majors quickly, but by not committing to high schools, a lot of their guys have no ceiling. They've reached their limit," he continues. "But they lack impact players. What is the point of having a bunch of safe players? It gets you a losing team."