Is bunting considered "old softball"

[625ender]

I thought she played 3rd?

She does

 

[_MIA_]

She does

You said 6..

 

[625ender]

You said 6..

My thumbs said 6. I have huge hands. Its not the end of the world

 

[ang2bmd]

Thats a perfect call. She's a good bat handler, Bases loaded, and no outs is a no brainer. If she fails to bunt, 1 out. If the runner gets busted at home, bases still loaded. If sucessful its ball game. Theres a ton of pressure on the defense and I doubt any one on the field saw it coming

Would that call be made with 1 or 2 outs?

There was one out. It was itb and we were home the bottom of the line up got it done and scored the tying run and bases were loaded no outs. Our lead off hitter who is phenomenal shockingly struck out so left us with one out. My kiddo who is normally very strong as well in the 2 slot was just not having a game and we had the right personell on 3rd. It was awesome!

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[Nimrod]

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I assume these are stats for players who actually get the bunt down? How many attempted to bunt early in the count and aborted and later swung away?

 

[radness]

I assume these are stats for players who actually get the bunt down? How many attempted to bunt early in the count and aborted and later swung away?

It is from an earlier post in this thread.
Read it to be success rate/average on actual bunting.

Swing average would be included in batting average.

Here is the original post
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[radness]

Bunt success rates

By Jamie Boutilier As analytics have been incorporated into baseball strategy the usage and general opinion of bunting (particularly sacrifice bunting) has declined significantly. Put simply, trad…

fastpitchanalytics.com

Going back to the original post topic there does still seem to be good use for small ball.

 

[Nimrod]

It is from an earlier post in this thread.
Read it to be success rate/average on actual bunting.

Swing average would be included in batting average.

Here is the original post
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It's good info, but it appears that it includes only the times in which the batter got the bunt down. So a batter's actual batting average when attempting to bunt during any at-bat is probably lower. Doesn't mean his general conclusions are wrong, but I fear that the data might over-rate the success. It's a hard thing to research because nothing in the play-by-play tells us when a batter changers her mind after getting down 1-2 in the count, or fouling a couple off and deciding to hit away. Some bunters strike out trying.

 

[CoachJD]

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.

They've studied this. Bunting is, at best, a break-even proposition. In most scenarios with the ITB, it's a bad idea.

To bunt, or not? How to handle new rule in extras

There's a divisive new rule coming to Major League Baseball in 2020, and it's not the designated hitter being added to the National League. (Well, it's not just that.) No, the new rule that's really going to stir up some controversy is that in extra innings, a "designated runner" will

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[radness]

Are those MLB comparisons?
Would not consider those to compair to fastpitch.