When it comes to power hitting in the major leagues, it is Jose Bautista's world and opposing pitchers are living it in. It is that way even if he puts it "every time I hit the ball hard, it just happens to sail over the fence".

"As weird as it may sound, I don’t try to hit home runs when I go up to the plate," Bautista said. "I do try to hit the ball very hard and it just happens that when connect well on a 2-0 pitch – it’s going out."

It's not everytime.

But it's close such as once every 7.5 at-bats this year and once every 9.7 at-bats. That accounts for how frequently Bautista has hit home runs and since becoming the premier power hitter in the game at the start of last season, he has 72 over his last 705 at-bats.

While skeptics may find it hard to believe, some Met fans might find it hard to swallow and perhaps even harder than when Jason Bay became a power hitter with the Pirates and then with the Red Sox after being a minor league teammate of Jose Reyes.

Believe it or not, Bautista was in the Met organization for about five seconds if that and who's to say if he would made the adjustment described below and in this story from last year with the Met coaching staff:

"It’s more of the timing of everything,” Bautista said. “I start way earlier and I’ve been talking about that for the last two years. It has created a night and day difference because I can get myself to that good hitting position consistently - see the ball better and attack the ball before it gets too deep in the strike zone and those good hitting counts, it’s no joke.

"You can look up historically when people are hitting 2-0, 3-1 counts batting average and power production is way better than 0-2 or behind in the count."

On a day Met fans might want to forget July 30, 2004, Bautista went from Kansas City to Pittsburgh with a layover in New York. The Mets obtained him from the Royals and then flipped him to the Pirates for Kris Benson. In Pittsburgh, he hit a home run once every 30 at-bats (43 in 1,314 at-bats).

The first time Bautista did something of note against the Yankees was August 30, 2008. He had his first RBI for the Blue Jays and also made a key defensive play that started a ninth-inning double play against Alex Rodriguez.

Though it might be lost in the memories of many, it might have been the first glance at what a complete player Bautista would eventually become. Not lost in the memories of many is what he did on April 29 in a 5-4 Blue Jay win.

That night, he a home run that still has not landed, similar to the shot hit on Opening Day in Toronto. He also displayed smart baserunning instincts by distracting David Robertson and allowing Rajai Davis to score the game-winning run.

"Thankfully, he's in our uniform," John Farrell said that night. "Whether it's an aggressive play on the basepaths, whether it's getting the right pitch in a certain situation where he drives it out of the ballpark ... We've said it a number of times -- he's very much a complete player, it shows up every night, and it's a fortunate thing for us."

Now that we've delved into how Bautista became so good, which is something easily found by typing in "How did Bautista get so good", the question is how do you pitch to him or stop him?

Advanced scouting seems to indicate there is no way.

Perhaps the solution, if you want to call it that is throw it and hope for the best because after all it is Jose Bautista's world and major league pitching is living in it trying to stop the man known as Joey Bats.