On May 28, 1998, Arizona Diamondbacks manager Buck Showalter ordered an intentional walk to San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds.
Bonds walked a record 2,558 times in his career, and that doesn't count the courtroom.
So why is this noteworthy?
Showalter instructed his reliever to walk Bonds with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. With the bases loaded.
Arizona led by two runs and Showalter wanted no part of Bonds.
It was a tremendous gamble, and it paid off. The next batter,...
