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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

When to issue the intentional walk

By Tangotiger, 09:55 AM

Andy has an extended chart in The Book that tells you when you should issue a walk. Here’s an interactive online tool from Josh Kalk that likely does something similar. If someone wants to do a few comparisons between what Andy did and what Josh did, that’d be great. Here, Josh takes a look at a few cases in the playoffs. (Note: I think he may underestimate the win potential of the 3-1 count.)

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