Editing Intentional base on balls (section)

===Semi-intentional walk===
Even in leagues where a team can walk a batter by declaration, the pitcher may be instructed to "[[Glossary of baseball (P)#pitch around|pitch around]]" the batter. The manager defers the decision to intentionally walk the pitcher to see whether the batter swings at bad pitches. If the count goes to three balls, where the pitcher would have to deliver an attractive pitch to hit, the manager elects the intentional base on balls. A base on balls counts as an intentional base on balls if and only if the final pitch thrown in the plate appearance is an intentional ball. For example, on August 17, 2004, following an unintentional ball, called strike, and unintentional ball, [[Barry Bonds]] was walked with two intentional balls on his third plate appearance. This was scored an intentional walk.<ref>{{cite web|title=Montreal Expos at San Francisco Giants Box Score, August 17, 2004|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN200408170.shtml}}</ref>