- Dec 11, 2010
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I saw this called half a dozen times over the weekend.... Not slappers, all bunts. Couple were righties. It really had me wondering what the purpose of it was. What "problem" is being solved, what advantage there is to a bunter.
The lines were completely gone in one game and that dude just kept calling it. It was awful.
In another game I thought a rather well known female coach was going to chew the face off of some twerp kid of an umpire who honestly had no business calling a game like that.
This is a really dumb rule. It screws up games. It has all the fans trying to watch wondering what the call is. Get rid of this thing NOW. Our sport is getting more coverage than ever but these are little wtf? type moments that turn spectators off and there is NO reason for it.
True- but these were mostly not slappers. It was teams just trying to bunt and move runners. In the early games I saw this called there were also numerous calls on right handed bunters. It was pretty ridiculous overall. My complaint in February was how the rule just seemed to shut games down. Now with April almost upon us it is much better although it continues to be a tough adjustment for slappers.
Im not a fan of slapping but it is an interesting aspect of the game. I hope that this rule doesn’t eliminate an interesting part of the sport.
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