Taking advantage of the intentional walk

Has the whole world Americanized??!

No, we're all Australians and YOU'RE the dumb American who can't find other websites to pester...

OK it was Cabrera and not Beltran. I remember seeing and wondering why the hell other player don't do it.

exactly, you can't step outside of the box when swining, other than that, it's tough to hit a pitch well if it is so high and outside as most intentional pitches are... PLUS it's called 'showing up your opponent" and that falls under baseball's book of unwrittn rules...

yeah, but HE'S Keith Hernandez...

^^ that was me...does everybody else have to login everyday like me? i have cookies enabled.

Yeah, I agree with that, Ray. There are some situations where it would be pointless. But some of these time when there are runners at second and third with one out, I'd like to see someone like Howard or Pujols to at least look like they're keeping their eye out for a lazy intentional ball that comes too close to the plate. That's my biggest problem - not that they don't try to hit it, but that they just stand there and don't even seem to be ready in the event that one might get away from the pitcher.