Your idea is not, as you seem to think, a compromise. The point of an intentional walk is to give the pitcher the option of moving past one spot in the lineup. This rule change completely removes any incentive for the intentional walk. It's just a convoluted way of changing the rules so that they don't permit intentional walks at all. And some people would probably be happy to see that. I call these people football fans.
Barry Bonds and Intentional Walks
Your idea is not, as you seem to think, a compromise. The point of an intentional walk is to give the pitcher the option of moving past one spot in the lineup. This rule change completely removes any incentive for the intentional walk. It's just a convoluted way of changing the rules so that they don't permit intentional walks at all. And some people would probably be happy to see that. I call these people football fans.
posted by stuart_s at 11:07 AM on March 23, 2003