Angles manager Joe Maddon called for an intentional walk of Rangers star Corey Seager with the bases loaded on Friday. Here's how rare the decision was.
Maddon's unusual decision didn't ultimately cost his team the game, with the Angels ripping off seven unanswered runs for a 9-6 victory at Globe Life Field. But that didn't stop it from being a talking point postgame.
"I thought by walking Seager there, of course just trying to stay out of a big blow, and also just to stir the group up quite frankly,"."That's something you don't normally do and I thought just by going out there and doing something like that the team might respond, simple as that. Seager's that good. I know it was early in the game, but I thought it could have changed the momentum of the game.
"The balk is what really hurt. The balk made it a two-run moment as opposed to a one-run moment, which I was happy with. But nevertheless, I thought it was the right thing to do in that moment for us." Believe it or not, this wasn't the first time Maddon called for an intentional walk with the bases juiced against the Rangers. As manager of the Tampa Bay Rays in 2008, Maddon gave a free pass to Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton with a four-run lead and two outs in the bottom of the ninth. The Rays struck out the next Rangers batter to close out the game.
Maddon has called for two of the eight known bases-loaded intentional walks in major league history (
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