07-28-2009, 01:22 PM
<!--quoteo(post=52719:date=Jul 28 2009, 12:08 PM:name=bz)-->QUOTE (bz @ Jul 28 2009, 12:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=52718:date=Jul 28 2009, 12:04 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jul 28 2009, 12:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=52717:date=Jul 28 2009, 12:02 PM:name=bz)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bz @ Jul 28 2009, 12:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Butch, did you ever play baseball? Bunting is the easiest task on the planet. He should have made contact. PERIOD.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I played little league. But I never had to bunt a 95 mph fastball.
If bunting is the "easiest task on the planet," why do major league players fuck it up on a pretty regular basis?
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Don't be intentionally dense. You may not have had to bunt a 95 MPH fastball, but every professional player has. That is relative, and you know it.
He should have made contact. Everyone should have made contact. He's been bunting since he was 6. It's not like he was summoned to come in a pitch that inning.
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Whether he should have made contact (which he should have) is irrelevant though, he should have never been bunting in the first place.
Also, you guys are really over-simplifying the aspect of bunting. If it wasn't a difficult task to perform, major league players would be doing it with far more frequency than they do. After playing baseball for 15 years, I can tell you that there were many other skills which are far easier to perform than bunting (whether it's for a hit or as a sacrifice). Also, bunting in BP is not tantamount to bunting in a game situation, in fact, it's about the same as comparing playing long toss to trying to make a perfect relay throw to the plate to cut down a runner.
I played little league. But I never had to bunt a 95 mph fastball.
If bunting is the "easiest task on the planet," why do major league players fuck it up on a pretty regular basis?
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Don't be intentionally dense. You may not have had to bunt a 95 MPH fastball, but every professional player has. That is relative, and you know it.
He should have made contact. Everyone should have made contact. He's been bunting since he was 6. It's not like he was summoned to come in a pitch that inning.
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Whether he should have made contact (which he should have) is irrelevant though, he should have never been bunting in the first place.
Also, you guys are really over-simplifying the aspect of bunting. If it wasn't a difficult task to perform, major league players would be doing it with far more frequency than they do. After playing baseball for 15 years, I can tell you that there were many other skills which are far easier to perform than bunting (whether it's for a hit or as a sacrifice). Also, bunting in BP is not tantamount to bunting in a game situation, in fact, it's about the same as comparing playing long toss to trying to make a perfect relay throw to the plate to cut down a runner.