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dlowillySBR Posting Legend
- 11-09-16
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#36Comment -
MinnesotaFatsSBR Posting Legend
- 12-18-10
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#37Maybe because I'm only one that actually knows the game having played beyond HS and College lol.
Defending a bunt, down 7, in the 9th no less, on the grounds of integrity, by a guy who has no speed and swung away for 8 innings. HMMM
Again- justified in a different situation, but the game is not played this way at this level.Comment -
2daBankSBR Aristocracy
- 01-26-09
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#38Nothing like a guy telling us we don't understand the game while in same breath talking as if guy should have hit a 8 run home run!! I missed the day they changed the rules and you can hit a 7 run homer!! This baseball 101, if you trailing by multiple runs the most important thing is getting guys on base!!Comment -
2daBankSBR Aristocracy
- 01-26-09
- 88966
#39Maybe because I'm only one that actually knows the game having played beyond HS and College lol.
Defending a bunt, down 7, in the 9th no less, on the grounds of integrity, by a guy who has no speed and swung away for 8 innings. HMMM
Again- justified in a different situation, but the game is not played this way at this level.Comment -
2daBankSBR Aristocracy
- 01-26-09
- 88966
#40If twinks understood baseball maybe they wouldn't have failed to score a run with 2 men on and no outs last inning.Comment -
CWDSBR Hall of Famer
- 01-22-12
- 7665
#41You guys are missing the point.
It's a 7 run deficit in the 9th.
The Twins did the right thing to end the game promptly, by playing the shift per the analytics.
The Oriole player was pitched to and given his fair opportunity to drive a ball over the wall. It's a 7 run game, not a 3 or less run game.
What the player did was JV bullshit. There is a time and place for a bunt vs the shift, and there is a time and place to swing away and drive home a run. The kid- and this forum- are horribly misguided if you think otherwise. In addition to the verbal beatdown he got from his own veterans, MLB assuredly had a conversation with Buck or the brass about that.
Baseball is not about extending meaningless out of reach games for one's own statline....its a team game that is in desperate need to speed up play and reduce injuries. The bunt in this situation was selfish, meaningless and all risk/ no reward and against everything MLB is trending to become.
Guys keep doing stuff like this and before you know it the 10th inning will start w a guy on 2nd to speed up play.
keep dreamingComment -
dlowillySBR Posting Legend
- 11-09-16
- 13862
#42That mercy run rule in the little leagues is because the kids have to go home and do their homework before they go to bed
This is MLB. No making sure everyone gets to play and no quittingComment -
The GiantSBR Posting Legend
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TheMoneyShotBARRELED IN @ SBR!
- 02-14-07
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#44If a team shifts.... I'm 100% for laying down a bunt. I don't care what the situation is.
Why are you shifting on defense??? To have an advantage.
To have an advantage on offense... lay a bunt down.
I don't understand the bitching???Comment -
TheMoneyShotBARRELED IN @ SBR!
- 02-14-07
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#45Have the defense play straight up....
it would end the bullsH#$Comment -
MinnesotaFatsSBR Posting Legend
- 12-18-10
- 14758
#46If you honestly are ok w a bunt here then I really hope I don't see any complaints about guys fouling when down 7, last 24 seconds, in ball or teams pulling their goalie down 2 in the final minute NHL or teams calling TO down 2 scores in the final minute w/out the ball.
This is the baseball equivalent of all that dumb shit aforementioned....
There is no place for that crap in the 9th of a 7 run game....but hey, if you like it then by all means be the guy who supports the fouling and the pulling of the goalie and the excessive time outs....because it's all meaningless and chicken shot and against what the game is about. Team totals, not individual stats. Shortening of game, not prolonging, playing to win the first 8 innings, not just the 9th....etc etcComment -
ans61201SBR MVP
- 10-11-15
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#47If you honestly are ok w a bunt here then I really hope I don't see any complaints about guys fouling when down 7, last 24 seconds, in ball or teams pulling their goalie down 2 in the final minute NHL or teams calling TO down 2 scores in the final minute w/out the ball.
This is the baseball equivalent of all that dumb shit aforementioned....
There is no place for that crap in the 9th of a 7 run game....but hey, if you like it then by all means be the guy who supports the fouling and the pulling of the goalie and the excessive time outs....because it's all meaningless and chicken shot and against what the game is about. Team totals, not individual stats. Shortening of game, not prolonging, playing to win the first 8 innings, not just the 9th....etc etcComment -
A4KSBR Hall of Famer
- 10-08-12
- 5243
#48Maybe because I'm only one that actually knows the game having played beyond HS and College lol.
Defending a bunt, down 7, in the 9th no less, on the grounds of integrity, by a guy who has no speed and swung away for 8 innings. HMMM
Again- justified in a different situation, but the game is not played this way at this level.Comment -
dlowillySBR Posting Legend
- 11-09-16
- 13862
#49If you honestly are ok w a bunt here then I really hope I don't see any complaints about guys fouling when down 7, last 24 seconds, in ball or teams pulling their goalie down 2 in the final minute NHL or teams calling TO down 2 scores in the final minute w/out the ball.
This is the baseball equivalent of all that dumb shit aforementioned....
There is no place for that crap in the 9th of a 7 run game....but hey, if you like it then by all means be the guy who supports the fouling and the pulling of the goalie and the excessive time outs....because it's all meaningless and chicken shot and against what the game is about. Team totals, not individual stats. Shortening of game, not prolonging, playing to win the first 8 innings, not just the 9th....etc etc
I doubt anyone would have a problem with the scenarios you mentioned, and especially in NHL teams make those pulled goalie comebacks way more often than needed to justify doing it
Where did you play, Elizabethton?Comment -
A4KSBR Hall of Famer
- 10-08-12
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#50If you honestly are ok w a bunt here then I really hope I don't see any complaints about guys fouling when down 7, last 24 seconds, in ball or teams pulling their goalie down 2 in the final minute NHL or teams calling TO down 2 scores in the final minute w/out the ball.
This is the baseball equivalent of all that dumb shit aforementioned....
There is no place for that crap in the 9th of a 7 run game....but hey, if you like it then by all means be the guy who supports the fouling and the pulling of the goalie and the excessive time outs....because it's all meaningless and chicken shot and against what the game is about. Team totals, not individual stats. Shortening of game, not prolonging, playing to win the first 8 innings, not just the 9th....etc etcComment -
dlowillySBR Posting Legend
- 11-09-16
- 13862
#51I think the point is if there was no shift the bunt would have been weird, but if they want to shift up 7 then not only is a bunt fair, it needs to be done.
What about the Twins stealing a base up 6-0?Comment -
TheMoneyShotBARRELED IN @ SBR!
- 02-14-07
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#52If you honestly are ok w a bunt here then I really hope I don't see any complaints about guys fouling when down 7, last 24 seconds, in ball or teams pulling their goalie down 2 in the final minute NHL or teams calling TO down 2 scores in the final minute w/out the ball.
This is the baseball equivalent of all that dumb shit aforementioned....
There is no place for that crap in the 9th of a 7 run game....but hey, if you like it then by all means be the guy who supports the fouling and the pulling of the goalie and the excessive time outs....because it's all meaningless and chicken shot and against what the game is about. Team totals, not individual stats. Shortening of game, not prolonging, playing to win the first 8 innings, not just the 9th....etc etc
I'm all for it.
I think the SHIFT IS A DISGRACE TO BASEBALL.
Don't shift then.Comment -
Looking4WinnersSBR MVP
- 12-21-11
- 1198
#53LOL I did in late 70's. Also played in Visalia..Comment -
d2betsBARRELED IN @ SBR!
- 08-10-05
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#54If you honestly are ok w a bunt here then I really hope I don't see any complaints about guys fouling when down 7, last 24 seconds, in ball or teams pulling their goalie down 2 in the final minute NHL or teams calling TO down 2 scores in the final minute w/out the ball.
This is the baseball equivalent of all that dumb shit aforementioned....
There is no place for that crap in the 9th of a 7 run game....but hey, if you like it then by all means be the guy who supports the fouling and the pulling of the goalie and the excessive time outs....because it's all meaningless and chicken shot and against what the game is about. Team totals, not individual stats. Shortening of game, not prolonging, playing to win the first 8 innings, not just the 9th....etc etc
Do you give no weight to the fact that virtually everyone here disagrees with you?Comment -
CWDSBR Hall of Famer
- 01-22-12
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#56If you honestly are ok w a bunt here then I really hope I don't see any complaints about guys fouling when down 7, last 24 seconds, in ball or teams pulling their goalie down 2 in the final minute NHL or teams calling TO down 2 scores in the final minute w/out the ball.
This is the baseball equivalent of all that dumb shit aforementioned....
There is no place for that crap in the 9th of a 7 run game....but hey, if you like it then by all means be the guy who supports the fouling and the pulling of the goalie and the excessive time outs....because it's all meaningless and chicken shot and against what the game is about. Team totals, not individual stats. Shortening of game, not prolonging, playing to win the first 8 innings, not just the 9th....etc etc
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DrunkHorseplayerSBR Hall of Famer
- 05-15-10
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#57[QUOTE=MinnesotaFats;276932In addition to the verbal beatdown he got from his own veterans, MLB assuredly had a conversation with Buck or the brass about that.
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No chance that MLB said anything; the league encouraging a player not to try? That would be a huge scandal; his teammates maybe but not the league.Comment -
lakerboySBR Aristocracy
- 04-02-09
- 94379
#58Get rid of the shift.
The bunt is a GREAT way to start a rallyComment -
Looking4WinnersSBR MVP
- 12-21-11
- 1198
#59You play to win. If they give you the bunt you take it. You make them defend the entire field not just the right side. Let's see if the Twins play the shift next time Sisco is up.
Tyler Conway, Bleacher Report: “Baseball has a ton of unwritten rules, but this one appears to be a first. There have been multiple instances of a team being upset with an opposing player for bunting with a no-hitter—a crowning achievement for a pitcher that happens only a few times per season.
“But while one-hitters are impressive, they're a dime a dozen in comparison. There is a reason pitchers are oftentimes removed from games when they give up a hit when they're working on a no-hitter—the two accomplishments are not seen in nearly the same strata.
“Sisco was simply doing what he thought was best to get his team back in the game. If the Twins did not want him to bunt, perhaps shifting was a bad managerial call.
“Plus, Berrios gave up another hit later in the inning, so this is much ado about nothing.”Last edited by Looking4Winners; 04-02-18, 03:23 PM.Comment -
dlowillySBR Posting Legend
- 11-09-16
- 13862
#60
Looking4winners, did you have some Susan Sarandon in Bull Durham types trying to get to know you in Elizabethton? There were some of them around there I'm sureComment -
MinnesotaFatsSBR Posting Legend
- 12-18-10
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2daBankSBR Aristocracy
- 01-26-09
- 88966
#64
LMAO you list 2 sports that have a game clock versus a sport without a game clock. Not a reasonable comparison. I've watched teams battle back down 7 or more in the 9th inning, many times. It may not happen often but it happens. Much different scenario than the other 2 sports you listed.
In this day and age with all these teams "tanking" I find it refreshing at least someone was still trying late in a game where his team had little hope!! Until they put a 7 run home run in the rule book what this guy did was absolutely the right play!! Wish more guys would do it and make teams pay for these garbage shifts!!Comment -
fried cheeseSBR MVP
- 09-17-13
- 4461
#65id bunt even if it was a perfect game. why should i stop trying to win in order to help out the other team's pitcher? dont give me a free hit if you dont want me to take it.Comment -
2daBankSBR Aristocracy
- 01-26-09
- 88966
#66Damn fukkin straight! I'd love to break up the no no by doing it!! Play straight up if you don't want to get bunt on!!Comment -
MinnesotaFatsSBR Posting Legend
- 12-18-10
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2daBankSBR Aristocracy
- 01-26-09
- 88966
#68
To be clear I wouldn't do it if they played their defense straight up, but if they want to steal hits by shifting you damn straight I'll take a hit by bunting away from shift.Comment -
big joe 1212SBR Posting Legend
- 06-01-08
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#69Good bunt. A guy on base is almost as good as a home run in that situation. You need 7 runs, not 1.Comment -
lakerboySBR Aristocracy
- 04-02-09
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#70Bigday noticeably absentComment
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