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Originally Posted by dj_morton
10) Opposing AI managers misuse the intentional walk. No manager would ever, ever walk a guy when up in the game and the batter hitting a homer would not change the lead in the 9th inning. I see this often. For example, Team A is up by 3 in the 9th and there is a man on second for Team B. Team A would never walk the batter because a homer doesn't change the lead.
I disagree. Pretty sure Bonds would have been walked in this situation. He had some ridiculous IBB's a few years ago.
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intentional walks with the bases loaded can be defensible in certain circumstances. In the situation that I described, there is no possible way that the intentional walk helps.
not to mention that the hitters I am watching being walked are in some cases below average hitters.