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Would you walk a star player in order to face the cancer kid?

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winning and losing is part of the game... but how you get there is the issue...

Intentional walks are part of competitive baseball... just like stealing... but it doesn't have a place in instructional league...

Mark my words... intentional walks will be outlawed in that league henceforth... heck, many rec leagues ban intentional walks...
 
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BrutusBobcat said:
It sounds like the kid is a whole lot tougher than his parents or his coach. It's a flippin' Pony league game. The whole town shouldn't be up in arms about it. Reilly is always looking for some cause to get self-righteous about.
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NJ-Buckeye said:
the way they fixed that in a league in Ellet... walk one.. next guy walks too...
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yeah, that's a great rule. I'd love to be the kid who is walked without even getting the chance to face the pitcher. Way to get exercise. It seems like a great league for the parents who want their kids lazy and stupid.

Obvious that you have little to no understanding of sports or competititve play.
 
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I'm no big fan of the IBB, in fact I was watching something on Discovery a month or so back, called ... I forget the name.. it was some thing by Bill James.. who says that IBB fails more often than succeeds (by the numbers) And the reason is because it's worse to put a runner on than it is to take your chances that the slugger goes yard. That is to say, in a game where failure 70% of the time is considered very good (ie batting .300) men on base are at a premium over damn near all else.

All that said, it's still a legitimate coaching strategy, and I wonder when you start walking 2 batters as NJ mentions... when does "instructional baseball" begin to instruct something that isn't baseball at all??
 
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I just don't see how that is fair to the pitcher. Imagine, one bad throw could cost your team the ball game. I'm sure they could make up a new rule to handle this though :roll2:

Also, seems kind of stupid to not let the kid after a walk bat. That was always my favorite part of the game...
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks said:
I'm no big fan of the IBB, in fact I was watching something on Discovery a month or so back, called ... I forget the name.. it was some thing by Bill James.. who says that IBB fails more often than succeeds (by the numbers) And the reason is because it's worse to put a runner on than it is to take your chances that the slugger goes yard. That is to say, in a game where failure 70% of the time is considered very good (ie batting .300) men on base are at a premium over damn near all else.
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Sabermetrics. Pretty interesting stuff.
 
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