[PeteBooth]

Ok it's Monday morning, but I would like to see baseball make it a stiffer penalty concerning walks - why!

I am NY Giants Football Fan, and when LT ( Lawrence Taylor) played the game, the offense could double and sometimes triple team him, but LT still made the play.

Michael Jordan, Shak and many other great players were double / triple teamed, but yet they still made the play. In other words as a Fan you got your money's worth watching these athletes perform.

The defense could do many things but it was not a guarantee that they would work.

Now baseball- One of the few if not the only major sports in which the defense can LEGITIMALLY take away the other teams weapon - ie; pitch around or the Intentional Walk. Just look at Barry Bonds. Who wants to go to the park to see THEIR player walked 3-4 times a game.

Therefore, a base on balls should be at least a 2 base award, and maybe it would stop the nonsense. Typically in baseball, close game (team trailing by a run or 2), we have r2, 2 outs and Mr. Superstar at the plate. Here it comes Intentional base on balls, however, if B1 received a 2 base award, the defensive manger would think twice about it especially if game were tied or they were leading by one run.

It's really funny in that baseball over the years in trying to provide more offense has (1) juiced up the baseballs, (2) lowered the mound and (3) moved the fences in when all they had to do is look at their rules and make one simple change - A batter is awarded 2 BASES when he /she receives ball 4.

Pete Booth

[Edited by PeteBooth on Jul 1st, 2002 at 11:28 AM]