Wow, always? Really? If he gets on base, should he be stealing second and then third? You know what a home run is worth in that situation? Exactly as much as a walk or a single or a hit batsman or an error. You get aggressive in the ninth when you are the run that matters --- the tying on go-ahead run. Until that guy comes to the plate, the job of everybody else is to not make outs. That's good fundies.