I realize that and I am all for taking a pitch to extend some rest however I think odds would say you have a better chance at extending his rest by not automatically going down 0-2 (he did say right down the shoot) I assume this means taking all the way. A hit gives your pitcher a lot more rest than seeing a few more pitches. I don't care how good a hitter you are, against good pitching your chances of getting a hit just went way down by looking at that second one down the shoot and going to 0-2. Maybe i'm wrong.