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Originally Posted by battists
Meanwhile, I do know that I've seen this happen in real life. In fact, I've seen it happen within the past month, as someone put Ryan Howard on intentionally as the tying run in the 9th inning of a game against the Phillies, to pitch to Pat Burrell. (Hey, I'd do it.  )
Steve |
I checked the PBP for the Phillies games for the past two months. The situation you described never happened. In two different games, Howard was walked with a runner on first, which put the winning run in scoring position. (It happened once in the 9th inning - but the strategy backfired when Jeff Conine followed with a single to tie the game. It also happened during extra innings once. This time, the strategy worked out okay.) That's rather unusual - but it's not what the OP described, nor -- with all due respect (and I mean that sincerely!) -- what you described, Steve.