Talk:Intentional base on balls

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[edit] Origin

Does anyone know the origin of the intentional walk? I'd like to know who thought of it first, who was the first player to be intentioanlly walked, etc.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.204.185.240 (talk • contribs) 02:34, 15 July 2006.

  • As for the origin, I don't know who was walked first, but I imagine it was not an event of note. Since there is no separate rule for the intentional walk(it is just the pitcher throwing 4 balls really far from the plate, as opposed to the ground rule double rule), I imagine it went into history essentially unnoticed. Aericanwizard 21:02, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

Agree with the suggestion to merge into base on balls. Much of the information here is unnecessarily repeated there and vice versa, and it's not so different as to demand its own page. Fractalchez 23:35, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Also agree. The grains of information are too fine here. One combined article would be more useful and interesting. Hult041956 20:05, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

These articles should not be merged. They are two very different things. Kingturtle (talk) 11:53, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

I agree that these should be merged. Although an Intentional Base on Balls is different, it is still a base on balls. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dashiellx (talk • contribs) 21:16, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

  • Merge - This would make an excellent subsection of Base on Balls but by itself, it's not a very good article. Additionally, this page itself should definitely redirect to the subsection of Base on Balls to ensure continuity. Dachande (talk) 23:44, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Banning

This article should have some mention of the intentional walk being banned during the early 20th century. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tithonfury (talk • contribs) 23:59, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

That's interesting. I've never heard it. Do you have a reference? Hult041956 20:06, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article Merged

Merged with base on balls (intentional BB section); commented out remainder of text in case someone wants to put this info in other article —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kuyabribri (talk • contribs) 05:03, 17 April 2008 (UTC)