ULL did something tonight that I thought was questionable when USM did it earlier in the year: they intentionally walked the bases loaded late in a tie game.
I understand the rationale: the go-ahead run is already at third anyway, so why not pick who you want your pitcher to throw to? In some cases (though not tonight), maybe you think you're setting up the double play.
It really puts the pitcher in a bad position, though. Can't remember what the exact situation was when USM did this, but tonight, ULL's pitcher was faced with an at-bat where if he'd given up a walk, the game would have been over. That's got to limit his options, to say nothing of the psychology of it.
ULL got away with it tonight, but it just seems arrogant to me. It's kind of like in football when a coach goes for the two-point conversion in the third quarter. He's over-thinking things. Just take the point and drop the Nostradamus act.
Bring back Reed V. "Pie" TurkPalmer Eustachy.