Though held hitless, Fowler again managed a pair of walks in addition to a run scored.
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Fowler played yet another game in which he carved walks like a fine-tuned bricklayer. Following the one-run win against Houston, Fowler assembled a highlight reel comprised solely of his ability to reap these bases on balls and sent it to actor Brad Pitt. This became a successful laundering operation as Pitt, while watching Fowler's game tape, morphed into character and portrayed the laudatory reaction Billy Beane would have had if he were the one watching the tape. A tape of this reaction was then sent directly to Beane who understood exactly how he would have reacted. This bizarre third-person experience led Beane to immediately add Fowler to his all-time lineup, which includes players such as Kevin Youkilis and Nick Swisher who are instructed to either walk or strikeout thereby maintaining a collective non-existent batting average. Fowler, dismayed, explained that although he was entirely amenable to not having a batting average, he could not support the lineup's no-run policy. Because when you throw ball four to Dexter Fowler, you are essentially letting a thief walk.
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