tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579064.post115530979978205156..comments2023-10-21T11:14:38.228-05:00Comments on Superelectric: When do you walk a power hitter?Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03473240679057335490noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579064.post-1155573668596497812006-08-14T11:41:00.000-05:002006-08-14T11:41:00.000-05:00I tend to think that you walk the kid because it's...I tend to think that you walk the kid because it's part of the game, and because kids playing sports should be learning how to lose as much as it is winning.<BR/><BR/>But what decides it for me is whether intentional walks are standard practice in the league. I think that if they are common in the Pony's, then it's acceptable to walk the kid. If not, then it's like the coach is breaking an unwritten rule.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03473240679057335490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579064.post-1155522572025321422006-08-13T21:29:00.000-05:002006-08-13T21:29:00.000-05:00The thing I find strange is that the cancer kid is...The thing I find strange is that the cancer kid is apparently batting after the cleanup hitter. If that's who they got hitting 5th, go ahead and load 'em up to bring up the kid with no arms or whatever who's up next.<BR/><BR/>Having read the article, I don't believe the coach didn't know about the kid's situation. It's Pony baseball and they'd never IBB'd before. I say, pitch to the first kid.goldmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773351408378125444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579064.post-1155509100393298722006-08-13T17:45:00.000-05:002006-08-13T17:45:00.000-05:00Walk the power hitter, but then bean the cancer ki...Walk the power hitter, but then bean the cancer kid right in the noggen. Then say he was crowding the plate. The real world is a shitty place and you can't shelter these kids forever (or at all).Fishfroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01803127868815690440noreply@blogger.com