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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift

Williams' predilection towards taking a base was often used against him; people accused him of being satisfied with a walk when his team needed a hit. It's a preposterous argument, but that's the way people thought about the game at the time.

There are times when a hit is better than a BB. It is not to preposterous. Unless I am misunderstanding that there were some special circumstances involved.

If there is a guy at 2B with 1 out and the game is tied, I would much rather have a hit than a walk, because the walk does not advance the runner and it creates more force plays to setup a double play.