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Scott ForrestI'm not really interested in ANY of Bonds' statistics - I was just curious why OPS was so important to some people, and was bored, so I googled it.
But I think if you are going to recalculate Bonds' OPS, you should also estimate how many of those walks were "pitch arounds". It was smart to pitch around him and walk him, I'm sure, but it does add additional gas to an already flatulant statistic.
The other way you could look at this is that Bonds was certainly incredibly dangerous at the plate, or he wouldn't have gotten walked so much. I don't recall any batter since I've been watching ball that was as dangerous.
Earl Weaver had a philosophy that you never let a team's best hitter beat you - too bad more managers don't practice that. Anyone have stats on which manager has had Bonds walked the most times as a percentage of at bats?