Neyer on Beasticon I making history

by Adam J. Morris on Aug 18, 2008 10:23 AM CDT

Rob Neyer talks about last night's intentional walk to Hamilton:

Gee, I thought this would have been bigger news. It's not every day -- or for that matter every decade -- that a batter is intentionally walked with the bases loaded. By my count, it's now happened five times: Nap Lajoie in 1901, Mel Ott in 1929, Bill "Swish" Nicholson in 1944, Barry Bonds in 1998, and now Josh Hamilton in 2008. Seems like sort of a big deal to me.

David Pinto says Jim Rice was also walked intentionally, although I haven't seen that before.

One of the things Rob Neyer addresses in his "Baseball Legends" book (which is very good, and which I need to do a write-up of) is that going back and checking the historical records suggests that the actual instances of bases loaded intentional walks isn't as frequent as folks retrospectively suggest.

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Five?

I believe they did it in Bad News Bears as well if I remember correctly.

by SaltyGoesYard on Aug 18, 2008 10:35 AM CDT reply actions

Guess I saw history

Looking at that list, it’s by far the most historic thing I’ve seen in baseball history. Very cool.

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by TheBZA on Aug 18, 2008 10:35 AM CDT reply actions

Hamilton

Does he get walked if Bradley is batting behind him?

Fire Ron Washington

by pblack on Aug 18, 2008 10:58 AM CDT reply actions

I highly doubt it

Physician: Primum non nocere

Batter: First, make no out

by Chad Crudup on Aug 18, 2008 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions

I don't know

Byrd has been on a tear lately and Boardgame hasn’t been lighting it up. This just shows what we all have known for awhile now the rest of the league is kind of scared of Hammy in key situations even if he is not going good.

"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley

by boomer1 on Aug 18, 2008 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions