No, not the 2 error, walk and wild pitch-a-thon, 6 run monstrosity of an inning. I am on record as having adamantly opposed the concept. I am speaking of a practice that falls under the “art of winning an unfair game” principle and which takes place on the bases.
I always thought it was odd that a team forced to find every advantage, due to low payroll, made so few opportunities for itself on the bases. especially when you have a team — and the A’s usually have one — that knows how to get on base but it’s not very efficient help filling up the hit column.