Great piece from the Chicago Tribune:
In killing intentional walk, baseball loses a part of history, and gains nothing
Yup, the 4-pitch intentional walk is gone.
The four-pitch intentional walk, a relic from baseball's past used at declining rates in the modern game, died on Wednesday, when Major League Baseball and its Players Association agreed to replace it with an automatic walk triggered by a signal from the dugout. The curious part was its cause of death: It was sacrificed in the name of shorter games.
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What's the next "relic from baseball's past" to go?
My guess: at-bats for National League pitchers
Out for now........
Matt