Baseball Rant Time

Okay, so it's near the end of a convincing Sox win, but here's a beauty from Ed Farmer on Rays first baseman Carlos Pena:

His batting average is down, but I'd like to see what his on base percentage would be, although that really doesn't matter for a clean-up hitter:

Umm Ed, OBP should be an important stat for every fucking person in the line-up.

If you get on base, that means you did not make an out (the ultimate goal for every at bat). With an OPS+ currently at 129, I would not be sweating the fact he's batting .179 now (OBP of .343)