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Friday, June 08, 2007

Should you walk the bases loaded in a tie game in the ninth inning?

By Tangotiger, 11:36 AM

Craig Burley at Batter’s Box was asking about intentionally walking the bases loaded in the 9th inning of a tie game.

Here’s the situation:

It’s the bottom of the 9th in Toronto, tie game, one out, Matt Stairs is on 2nd base.  Based on the charts I provided Fangraphs, the win probability is .706.  Based on one of my old charts, it’s .703.  (All numbers presume average hitters coming up.)

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Should you walk the bases loaded in a tie game in the ninth inning?