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Baseball's New Intentional Walk Scheme Is A Pointless, Off-Target Act Of SurrenderMajor League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred, in collaboration with his quisling associates in the players’ union, is apparently ready to do away with the normal and basic baseball act of four balls leading to a walk. He and they have agreed to a scheme by which the intentional walk doesn’t physic...

MLB Is Reportedly Introducing An Automatic Intentional Walk<em></em>According to a report from ESPN’s Howard Bryant, Major League Baseball and the players’ union have agreed on a plan to scrap current intentional walk rules and allow managers to signal from the dugout and automatically send the batter to first base. The rule, like the proposed change to extra inning...

Sometimes It's Hard To Intentionally Walk A BatterRonald Belisario was just trying to walk Michael Brantley to set up a potential double play when things went horribly, horribly wrong:...

This Is How You Lose A Game On An Intentional Walk

This is also how you raise your 80-year-old manager's already-high blood pressure. Steve Cishek's wild pitch in the tenth inning last night sent home the winning run, and was so far off target that we can only chalk it up to ghosts....