Walk This Way

It escaped my attention last August, but the ultimate in annoying baseball-isms occurred for the 57th time yesterday.

A walkoff hit-by-pitch.

I've yet to come across a walk off walk, but I know it's only a matter of time and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Ironically, Jonny Gomes received the game winning Run Batted In (RBI) in both occurrences, the only player since at least 1948 to win two games by being hit with a pitch.

The pitcher, Jonathan Broxton, is the first pitcher since 1966 to end a game by hitting two straight batters.