07-28-2009, 01:40 PM
<!--quoteo(post=52727:date=Jul 28 2009, 12:37 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Jul 28 2009, 12:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=52724:date=Jul 28 2009, 12:32 PM:name=bz)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bz @ Jul 28 2009, 12:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=52722:date=Jul 28 2009, 12:26 PM:name=Croz)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Croz @ Jul 28 2009, 12:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=52720:date=Jul 28 2009, 12:18 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jul 28 2009, 12:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=52719:date=Jul 28 2009, 12:08 PM:name=bz)--><div class='quotetop'>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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If it's such an automatic play, then why doesn't every manager call on their batter to lay down a bunt with a runner on third with less than two outs? It should be a free run every time, right?
Can you think of the last time you saw Fontenot try to bunt in a game situation? That's the first time I've ever seen it. The vast majority of ML players never bunt a baseball in a game situation. What do you think Fontenot's ratio of fly balls to bunts is in his career? 200:1? 300:1? Higher?
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Fontenot has one sacrifice bunt this year, he had 3 last year. So yes, he can bunt.
I agree you put your players in situations to be successful but this was not out of Fontenot's skill set. If the ball was down and in or way outside then I think you have an argument, but the ball was right down the middle. Like I said earlier, it was a lack of fundamentals because he didn't square up right away and therefor was not prepared to make contact.
You can't send Blanco up because then the squeeze is painfully obvious.
It was a good call, poor execution.
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Boom!
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Fontenot has been hit by a pitch more than he has bunted. He also has more sacrifice flies than sac bunts. I'm pretty certain he has never executed a squeeze play (which is different from a standard sac bunt).
So, no. Not boom.
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Lack frequency doesn't mean he is incapable. And a squeeze bunt is the same as any other bunt. Ball meets head of bat and goes anywhere but up...it's the same thing. He should have got the bat on the ball.
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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If it's such an automatic play, then why doesn't every manager call on their batter to lay down a bunt with a runner on third with less than two outs? It should be a free run every time, right?
Can you think of the last time you saw Fontenot try to bunt in a game situation? That's the first time I've ever seen it. The vast majority of ML players never bunt a baseball in a game situation. What do you think Fontenot's ratio of fly balls to bunts is in his career? 200:1? 300:1? Higher?
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Fontenot has one sacrifice bunt this year, he had 3 last year. So yes, he can bunt.
I agree you put your players in situations to be successful but this was not out of Fontenot's skill set. If the ball was down and in or way outside then I think you have an argument, but the ball was right down the middle. Like I said earlier, it was a lack of fundamentals because he didn't square up right away and therefor was not prepared to make contact.
You can't send Blanco up because then the squeeze is painfully obvious.
It was a good call, poor execution.
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Boom!
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Fontenot has been hit by a pitch more than he has bunted. He also has more sacrifice flies than sac bunts. I'm pretty certain he has never executed a squeeze play (which is different from a standard sac bunt).
So, no. Not boom.
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Lack frequency doesn't mean he is incapable. And a squeeze bunt is the same as any other bunt. Ball meets head of bat and goes anywhere but up...it's the same thing. He should have got the bat on the ball.
If Angelo had picked McClellin, I would have been expecting to hear by training camp that kid has stage 4 cancer, is actually 5'2" 142 lbs, is a chick who played in a 7 - 0 defensive scheme who only rotated in on downs which were 3 and 34 yds + so is not expecting to play a down in the NFL until the sex change is complete and she puts on another 100 lbs. + but this is Emery's first pick so he'll get a pass with a bit of questioning. - 1060Ivy