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Blzer said:
Because frankly, seeing my favorite baseball player get walked that many times just aggravates me. And it's not even that, really, it's the fact that the person behind him doesn't produce, just hits into a double play.
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As a manager your job rests on the fact that you have to win and win now. Its a what have you done for me lately profession. The above quote is why he gets walked. The batter behind Bonds is not feared. I would walk him every time if the game was close. As for the unintentional intentional, well that is normally caused by pitchers being to carfeul when pitching to him. They try to nibble and hope to get a call go their way. If not, its no big deal to see him jog down to first. I want to win so I am going to do whatever I can to ensure that. Pitching to Bonds is different than pitching to Big Mac because Mac had a bigger swing that left some holes. Plus Bonds hits for a better avg. Walks of both variaties have been around for years. Its part of the game and should stay that way.
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