Wedge obviously wants hitters "attacking" the pitcher, and by "attacking" he does NOT mean "get him early in the count." He means go up there looking for a way to hurt the pitcher.
Still, as you point out, this one-size-fits-all approach could work to some players' disadvantage. Kyle Seager comes to mind as one possible. He's a stealthy hitter...
I'd like to think that Wedge is flexibly minded. Dustin Ackley came up and took lots of close pitches, but Wedge raved about him and put him high in the lineup LONG before other managers would have. And wound up batting him 3, whereas the rest of the world seemed to think 2 was a given.
I think that the blog-o-sphere at large did not perceive the systemic problem that Wedge was facing to start the 2011 season.
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