07-28-2009, 12:03 PM
<!--quoteo(post=52693:date=Jul 28 2009, 10:56 AM:name=vegascub)-->QUOTE (vegascub @ Jul 28 2009, 10:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=52689:date=Jul 28 2009, 08:42 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Jul 28 2009, 08:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Try asking 99% of the sluggers (not saying that Fontenot is one) out there to lay a perfect bunt down, especially in a squeeze situation, and then get back to me about every ballplayer being able to lay down a bunt. It isn't the easiest thing in the world to do, especially when you are never asked to do so.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
He didn't have to lay down the perfect bunt. He pretty much could have put it anywhere on the ground, and it's game over. The debate isn't about Fontenot bunting well. It's about him just bunting it period.
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A 95 mph fastball on the outside corner with Milton Bradley coming down the line at you in your peripheral vision and the game on the line...
I'd say you have to be a pretty solid bunter to make that happen.
Should he have made contact? Probably. But nobody should be surprised that he fucked it up.
It's also kind of funny that he hit a deep fly ball to end his AB.
He didn't have to lay down the perfect bunt. He pretty much could have put it anywhere on the ground, and it's game over. The debate isn't about Fontenot bunting well. It's about him just bunting it period.
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A 95 mph fastball on the outside corner with Milton Bradley coming down the line at you in your peripheral vision and the game on the line...
I'd say you have to be a pretty solid bunter to make that happen.
Should he have made contact? Probably. But nobody should be surprised that he fucked it up.
It's also kind of funny that he hit a deep fly ball to end his AB.