Laird bunting against Beckett really has people whining?

[VegasDave]

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090604&content_id=5142318&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

I get that bunting during a no hitter is cheap sometimes. But it was the 6th inning, and it was only a 4 run game. How often do you see a guy lose a no-hitter late in the game and then serve up a home run to lose the shutout too? Just getting the bunt-base-hit can get in the pitcher's head and maybe get your rally going.

These guys are getting paid millions of dollars to try to win ball games. I understand that if it is the 8th or 9th inning of a game you are trailing by 10, for the sake of the integrity of the game you don't lay down the bunt.

But down only 4 runs with 4 frames left? How is this even remotely wrong? Bunts are a part of the game. I'd much rather my team be trying to win.

[mathdotcom]

Agreed. Soon we'll have goalies being pulled in hockey with 10mins left to help complete guys' hat tricks.

[Deuce]

I would bunt as well, fukk the guy. He needs to be rattled, kept on the tip of his toes. It's baseball.

[element1286]

I think it is pretty cheap.

[Willie Bee]

Four run game, sixth inning, I have no problem with getting a guy on base regardless of how they do it. Now, two outs in the ninth, a slugger at the plate with thirdbaseman back, yeah, that's sorta' cheap. Tell the players union to put it in the rules if they think it's that bad.