[okie01]

they indicated they would intentionally walk the batter, who already had two strikes. The pitcher threw a couple of wide pitches and the batter figured the next one would walk him, so was not paying attention. ...

It was the 1970 World Series between the A's and the Reds. Johnny Bench was the batter.

[octex]

It was the 1970 World Series between the A’s and the Reds. Johnny Bench was the batter.
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Thanks for that! I started to say it was a WS game, but just wasn’t sure. That was a good example of how strategy works in a ball game!