I'm curious. On what are people basing the assumption that the outcome of Weeks' AB would have been exactly the same regardless of whether or not Gomez had reached base?
You forgot about Braun who swings at more out of the zone pitches than Weeks does. You forgot about Fielder who swings at more out of the zone pitches than Braun does.
Well, it looks like I'm the only one on the entire site who doesn't hate the Cardinals. In fact, I'd say they're probably my second favorite team. Go figure.