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TVFactFan · 06-24-2006, 03:48 PM

I have never seen when a team decides to walk a certain player and that player they are walking decides to HIT the Ball anyway-lol Has this ever happened before? Usually if a player is being walked intentionally he will just stand there until ball 4, not run over and try to hit the ball and actually gets a base hit-lol

Brian Damage · 06-24-2006, 03:50 PM

I think I have seen it happen once before in the 80's with the Royals George Brett. It is very rare.

TVFactFan · 06-24-2006, 03:55 PM

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I think I have seen it happen once before in the 80's with the Royals George Brett. It is very rare.

I always used to wonder could a player do that and now I have my answer-lol

Rene · 06-24-2006, 05:03 PM

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I have never seen when a team decides to walk a certain player and that player they are walking decides to HIT the Ball anyway-lol Has this ever happened before? Usually if a player is being walked intentionally he will just stand there until ball 4, not run over and try to hit the ball and actually gets a base hit-lol

hahaha man i missed that, it mustve been awesome lol

Brian · 06-24-2006, 06:33 PM

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I always used to wonder could a player do that and now I have my answer-lol

They can't. They had something in the rule book about this and it said that when a hitter is intentionally walked, they can't swing.

TVFactFan · 06-24-2006, 06:36 PM

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They can't. They had something in the rule book about this and it said that when a hitter is intentionally walked, they can't swing.

Well he swung and got the hit-lol

Ireneparalegal · 06-24-2006, 06:42 PM

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Well he swung and got the hit-lol

i always wondered that too...what, if anything, was said abt this play?

TVFactFan · 06-24-2006, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

i always wondered that too...what, if anything, was said abt this play?

Not Sure I saw it on ESPN not so Top !0

TJ · 06-24-2006, 10:58 PM

There is a reason that they make pitchers make the throws on intentional walks. There have been wild pitches and batters hit by intentional walk pitches I'm sure.

TVFactFan · 06-24-2006, 11:01 PM

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There is a reason that they make pitchers make the throws on intentional walks. There have been wild pitches and batters hit by intentional walk pitches I'm sure.

I'm just surprised he was able to connect with the ball since the pitch was so high.

TJ · 06-24-2006, 11:41 PM

Kelly Leak did the same thing in the Bad News Bears movie lol.

Dutabi84 · 06-24-2006, 11:44 PM

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I'm just surprised he was able to connect with the ball since the pitch was so high.

But, it was also only going about 60 mph. He had plenty of time to eye it up and pop it into centerfield.

That pitcher must have felt like quite the dingleberry after letting that happen.

TVFactFan · 06-24-2006, 11:53 PM

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But, it was also only going about 60 mph. He had plenty of time to eye it up and pop it into centerfield.

That pitcher must have felt like quite the dingleberry after letting that happen.

The one thing that was different about that pitch was that it wasn't thrown to the far right like it usually is on intentional walks. He threw that thing right near the plate.

D.J. · 06-26-2006, 02:26 AM

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They can't. They had something in the rule book about this and it said that when a hitter is intentionally walked, they can't swing.

You can swing at any pitch. It's the pitcher's fault that he put it over the plate. He should have thrown it like 5 feet away so there was no chance of the batter hitting it.

TVFactFan · 06-26-2006, 02:30 PM

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You can swing at any pitch. It's the pitcher's fault that he put it over the plate. He should have thrown it like 5 feet away so there was no chance of the batter hitting it.

Yup that was something the pitcher didn't do-lol

06-24-2006, 03:48 PM	#1
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TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,755	There is a reason that they make pitchers make the throws on intentional walks. There have been wild pitches and batters hit by intentional walk pitches I'm sure.

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TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,755	Kelly Leak did the same thing in the Bad News Bears movie lol.