Yes, teams do this to give them the opportunity to get some of the "firsts " out of the way as well as to reward the player. Even if he goes 0-4 at the plate, there is only positives to this.
How bout we pick up on some very obvious sarcasm dipshit.
That being said , a walk off hr wouldn't have been necessary if Dwight smith didn't poorly play a ball in rf leading to runs.