That's awesome. I like to see that kind of effort. Lots of people, fielders, pitchers and batters alike, get lazy on an IBB. Glad to see someone making that kind of effort on a ball that's comletely hittable, instead of just conceding the walk.
What if Cabrera had hit the ball and it was caught by a fielder? Then he cost the team by not taking the intentional walk? Or worse, what if he had swung and missed, which would have made him look like a complete fool?
I guess you just have to have confidence that when a pitcher throws a lolipop over the plate you can drive it for a single. That pitcher should be sent down immediately. How terrible. Miguel Cabrera will be one of the top 5 players in this league for a long time!!!
"Imagine if Bonds had done this like every few times he got IBBed." Imagine how great a world it would be if, since Ball-less Bud Selig won't do anything about Bonds, every single time Bonds came to the plate, he got IBBed. Or better, thrown at. Go Russ Springer!
