I remember Bama beating Florida because Barnhill couldn't field a bunt. I was there.
And at what level of play was the math calculated from?
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I would bet all the calculations and stats are from baseball.
I remember Bama beating Florida because Barnhill couldn't field a bunt. I was there.
And at what level of play was the math calculated from?
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Deception or after the swing and miss says better off trying to bunt.Any thoughts on the coaches who let their player swing at strike 1 and then attempt to sacrifice with one strike. I've never understood that strategy; however, I am not an analytics guy.
MLB will bring in sprinters and teach them to bunt.I wish Dusty Baker knew about this old school thing called bunting! Now that the MLB instituted ITB in extra innings where a runner starts on 2nd with 0 outs. Bunt your runner over and have 2 outs to get him to cross the plate. The small ball game put pressure on a defense and can reveal weaknesses and tendencies in coverages.
When I see a team start bunting a lot and our team cannot defend it, I call it "Death by Small Ball." You know what bothers more than anything? When a kid can't lay down a sac bunt. They try to get fancy and do a sneaky bunt which results in a pop up or 2 foul balls which ends up in K.
They have tried doing that in football... it typically doesn’t work out too well.MLB will bring in sprinters
It's an out in MLB.When you and your team think you’re all that and at the worst possible time you run up against a team full of lightening bolts who will bunt at anytime and in any count. You quickly find yourself 7 runs down and wondered what happened?
You then realize how relevant bunting is!
Over the past several years I’ve actually screamed at the TV more than once watching MLB, especially postseason when a bunt was 120% the right call at a particular time or situation. But no........infield pop up, wasted out, baserunner stayed put!
Well absolutely! But the scenarios I’m referring to that wasn’t the case, I’d rather waste an out advancing a runner than wasting one and not moving the runner.........wouldn’t you?If the batter hit a ball to right and drove in a run would you feel differently?
Thats a big difference between well coached defenses and poorly coached defenses. A properly coached pitcher will not let you bunt in a bunting situation. Also a properly coached defense will kill that lead runner no question.Well absolutely! But the scenarios I’m referring to that wasn’t the case, I’d rather waste an out advancing a runner than wasting one and not moving the runner.........wouldn’t you?
And these professional hitters you speak of were the ones I was screaming at, well them and their managers!
Pretty sure it was Joe Maddon in the 2017 NLCS I’m talking about, if I remember correctly. He had several situations were he should have sacrificed bunted and didn’t.....and blew it! And the Dodgers sent them home!