But I guess you'd have to be stupid *not* to walk this slugger.

The Astros are fighting with the Cardinals for the NL Central. They'd be foolish to let him beat them (granted they got mauled last night anyway; there are 8 other people to worry about hitting). The Giants have a chance to catch the D-Backs.

These are important games for everyone invovled. I sure hope he gets two more at least, and I get frustrated when I hear he got walked, but I can't really fault the picthers for being very judicious in their picthes