Would You Walk Barry Bonds?

[Homer]

I assumed it takes two singles to get him home, although this might not be right under the circumstances presented. In a normal situation, it will typically take two singles, but with the score tied in the bottom of the ninth, the outfield will be drawn in, so a single is less likely to get the winning run home, I think. However, the probably of getting a hit will increase (because any long fly ball will now be a hit) too, so (probability of getting a hit) * (probability of run scoring given a hit) probably stays close to constant (just a guess)...now I'm rambling. In any event, I would just assume two for this problem, unless you want to start to make things more complicated for yourself. [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[Bob T.]

NO

[bad beetz]

[Zeno]

NO!

(I might, however, change the pitcher). [img]/forums/images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

-Zeno

[Trefo]

I'd walk him.

[BruceZ]

You should walk him only if he will successfuly steal less than 36% of the time.