07-28-2009, 10:50 AM
<!--quoteo(post=52658:date=Jul 28 2009, 09:45 AM:name=sleepyhead)-->QUOTE (sleepyhead @ Jul 28 2009, 09:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=52657:date=Jul 28 2009, 09:43 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Jul 28 2009, 09:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=52655:date=Jul 28 2009, 09:41 AM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jul 28 2009, 09:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->How many successful bunts have you guys seen Fontenot pull off? It isn't so easy to get a bunt down if you aren't called on to sacrifice very often. It's even harder when you're facing a spastic potbellied flamethrower who couldn't find the strike zone and had walked three batters before you got to the plate.
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I can't even recall a single successful bunt attempt by him ever.
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I said last night that if a bunt was the plan all along, it should have been Blanco PH'ing. If not, it should have been Fox to put it into the air. Either way my biggest problem was the personnel choices, not the decision to squeeze.
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I can support that. If Lou was dead-set on executing a squeeze, then don't ask Fontenot to do it.
Any way you slice it, it was a bad decision. If we lost last night, I would still be fuming. Since Alf blasted all over Sampson's face, I don't really care anymore.
Getting a successful bunt down isn't any more automatic than hitting a fly ball. Fontenot has hit hundreds of fly balls this season. How many bunts do you think he's attempted?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I can't even recall a single successful bunt attempt by him ever.
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I said last night that if a bunt was the plan all along, it should have been Blanco PH'ing. If not, it should have been Fox to put it into the air. Either way my biggest problem was the personnel choices, not the decision to squeeze.
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I can support that. If Lou was dead-set on executing a squeeze, then don't ask Fontenot to do it.
Any way you slice it, it was a bad decision. If we lost last night, I would still be fuming. Since Alf blasted all over Sampson's face, I don't really care anymore.