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From: Gary on 7 Jun 2010 18:15 On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 13:08:08 -0700 (PDT), The Gnorkmeister <gnork(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >I say almost the exact same thing, "Outs are far too valuable to >'sacrifice' for a base." Someone should tell Francona. McDonald is >just too good at bunting. I think he has "successfully" got the bunt >down each time when asked. IIRC yesterday was the 1st time the >advanced runner scored. McDonald is very good vs LHP, but the dimwit >Francona keeps forgetting that and having him bunt against them. The >dolt is even worse than that old baseball "book". It says "Play to tie >at home and to win on the road". I say, never sac bunt other than with >a pitcher or a non-suicide squeeze at home late in the game to bring >home a tying or go ahead run from 3rd. Obviously, that depends on the >hitter and the runner, and it is not something you would do on a >regular basis. I guess every manager is a dolt then. Some more so.
From: sweet lou on 7 Jun 2010 18:19 On Jun 7, 5:59 pm, Wayback1918 <wayback1...(a)verizon.net> wrote: > On Jun 7, 4:47 pm, sweet lou <lounanmar...(a)aol.com> wrote: > > >......such as bottom 9 with man on 2nd no outs tie game and 9th hitter at bat. Now that's a > > great situation to move him over) > > Just curious....before I look it up....how often do you think that > situation occurs in season? I have no idea. If it only occurs once I would still bunt in that situation as opposed to "never".Plus we were not talking about a season.Gnork was in the "never" land which well means whenever.
From: Gary on 7 Jun 2010 18:19 On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 14:56:53 -0700 (PDT), Wayback1918 <wayback1918(a)verizon.net> wrote: >No one needs to tell Francona. He bunts less than every manager in >the league except Cito Gaston. 100% sucess rate to his credit too. > >Tm Att Suc % >TBR 30 17 57% >TEX 30 22 73% >KCR 29 17 59% >OAK 25 20 80% >NYY 20 14 70% >SEA 20 11 55% >DET 19 16 84% >LAA 19 14 74% >LgAvg 19 14 72% >BAL 16 9 56% >CLE 16 16 100% >CHW 15 13 87% >BOS 13 13 100% >MIN 13 9 69% >TOR 3 3 100% > > > >Now John Maddon and Ron Washington, in spite of having two of the top >5 offenses in the league, bunt quite often. They actually sacrifice >more than 6 NL teams. > >Maddon's team isn't even good at it.....57%. Only Seattle and >Baltimore are worse. (Are the Orioles good at anything?.....oh yeah >winning extra inning games against the Red Sox.) Maddon has given up >13 outs in unsucessful sacrifice attempts. Which is why I posted that other managers must be more of a "dolt" than Francona. Lou mentioned that he would be more willing to bunt with the #9 hitter. Well, guess what, McDonald was the #9 hitter yesterday with the top of the order up.
From: mr. gone on 8 Jun 2010 08:00 In article <9rrq061g9jf5fo4jvr4kvh8ni25ve6u0d2(a)4ax.com>, golferace2 @comcast.net says... > > On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 13:08:08 -0700 (PDT), The Gnorkmeister > <gnork(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > I guess every manager is a dolt then. Some more so. that's *exactly* what ganork believes, in case you hadn't noticed. problem is, he's wrong.
From: mario in victoria on 8 Jun 2010 12:57
Wayback1918 wrote: > On Jun 7, 4:47 pm, sweet lou <lounanmar...(a)aol.com> wrote: > >> ......such as bottom 9 with man on 2nd no outs tie game and 9th hitter at bat. Now that's a >> great situation to move him over) > > Just curious....before I look it up....how often do you think that > situation occurs in season? Six? mario in victoria -- you could look it... :-) |