For all the lovely and kind attorneys who infest this site, there's apparently a new practice called "Lawyer Ball," wherein an alleged talentless group of offensive hacks (in this case the A's) decide to repeatedly and strategically take close pitches in the hopes of getting walks, or so alleges C.J. Wilson: _________ "...They take everything close. If it’s not called a strike, then they walk. It’s lawyer ball. That’s how they roll. That’s how they’re going to beat me. That’s how they have to beat me. I have to make a bunch of mistakes and walk a bunch of guys because they’re not that good of a hitting team...’’