Yardbarker Morning Bark: Walking Nick Johnson...To Get To Hanley Ramirez?!?!

August 12, 2009 Walking Nick Johnson...To Get To Hanley Ramirez?!?! "To sum it up: [Cecil] Cooper intentionally walked a .297 hitter to get to the league’s leading hitter at .348. He intentionally walked a .297 hitter with runners in scoring position to get to a .421 hitter with runners in scoring position, which, by the way, also leads the league. He intentionally walked a .286 hitter with two outs and a runner in scoring position to get to one hitting .452 in that situation." - Rotoinfo.com And the award for worst managerial decision of 2009 goes to...Cecil Cooper! In case you weren't one of 19 Marlins fans in attendance Monday night, Hanley Ramirez followed Nick Johnson's intentional walk with an RBI single. - Jeff Article of the day Walking a batter to get to Hanley Ramirez submitted by SportsRssFeed  on August 11, 2009 (Fish Stripes) Cecil Cooper tried something that has never been tried before and I'm guessing will never be again: Walking a batter to get to Hanley Ramirez. Cecil Cooper made a peculiar decision in the sixth inning Monday night, intentionally walking Nick Johnson to pitch to one of baseball’s best hitters. Challenging Hanley Ramirez is an unusual way to try to win a baseball game, but maybe Cooper figured that because the logical ways weren’t working, he’d try something completely d ifferent. "I don’t have a problem with that," Cooper snapped later... Categories (3): MLB, Boston Red Sox, Florida Marlins More top articles MLB: Ramirez Takes Cortisone Shot, Will Miss 2-3 Games MLB: Quotable: Jamie Moyer is Disheartened, Feels Misled NFL: Vick to be signed this week? NFL: Donte Stallworth To Tell His Story On E:60 Tonight NBA: Is this REALLY Ray Allen's last season in Boston? NBA: Follow me on Twitter! Mconley11 Golf: Tiger says he’d play in Olympics if golf added MMA: Dana White Vlogs Discontinued, Videos Removed From YouTube Backyard: Reggie Miller's New Friend May Not Be So Innocent Backyard: Acrobuttocks: catching laptops with your butt

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