a. there is not going to be a mass conspiracy of intentional walks. he's going to get it sooner or later, and no pitcher wants to be the pitcher that gave it to him, but that's sports.
b. if he breaks the record, he breaks the record, it's that simple. whether you like it or not, the record is going to be broken, and seeing as how MLB hasn't taken away any of his homeruns when he did steroids and what not, apparently those homeruns count.
c. doesn't matter, a-rod is on his way to taking a record away from him so he'll gain one record and lose another