07-28-2009, 03:53 PM
<!--quoteo(post=52800:date=Jul 28 2009, 02:49 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Jul 28 2009, 02:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=52793:date=Jul 28 2009, 02:40 PM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Jul 28 2009, 02:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=52781:date=Jul 28 2009, 02:18 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jul 28 2009, 02:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Because the bases were loaded, there's a force at the plate, which makes it even riskier. If he bunts it back to the pitcher or not far enough away from the catcher, then Milton is out. If he pops the bunt up, it's a likely double play. If he whiffs, Milton is tagged out.
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a regular bunt, you are right. A suicide squeeze you are (and have been for most of the last 15 hours) wrong. Bradley was 15 feet away when Fontenot whiffed.
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So, if Fontenot bunts it right back to the pitcher, Milton still scores? I think there's a pretty good chance he's out -- especially since there's a force at the plate.
You know why it's called a suicide squeeze, right, BT? Because if your batter doesn't make contact, the runner is fucked (hence, the suicide). That's why, if you're going to execute that play, it requires a skilled bunter who can make contact consistently, even on difficult pitches. That person clearly isn't Fontenot.
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No manager will ever, ever, ever ask Font to do that again...unless doing so is rendered brilliant by how much more no one will ever expect it, NOW.
Just bunting the ball in play is no guarantee that Milton scores.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
a regular bunt, you are right. A suicide squeeze you are (and have been for most of the last 15 hours) wrong. Bradley was 15 feet away when Fontenot whiffed.
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So, if Fontenot bunts it right back to the pitcher, Milton still scores? I think there's a pretty good chance he's out -- especially since there's a force at the plate.
You know why it's called a suicide squeeze, right, BT? Because if your batter doesn't make contact, the runner is fucked (hence, the suicide). That's why, if you're going to execute that play, it requires a skilled bunter who can make contact consistently, even on difficult pitches. That person clearly isn't Fontenot.
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No manager will ever, ever, ever ask Font to do that again...unless doing so is rendered brilliant by how much more no one will ever expect it, NOW.