07-28-2009, 04:10 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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yes, I understand why they call it a suicide squeeze. the reason the manager risks "suicide" is because even if he hits it back to the pitcher, the runner is still in all likelihood going to score. As Bradley would have last night.
And can you PLEASE can the "skilled bunter" bullshit? I keep telling you that all he has to do to make sure the play doesn't end as it did last night was to make contact, and you keep fucking arguing that only Brett Butler or Rod Carew could have possibly pulled it off. Fucking Liberace could have made contact last night. You know who the last guy I can remember successfully pulled off the suicide squeeze? Noted bat handler, skilled bunter, master speedster HENRY MOTHERFUCKING BLANCO. And you don't have to go back 30 years to see this amazing rarity. It happened less than a year ago. Is he a much more likely candidate than Fontenot? Really?
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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yes, I understand why they call it a suicide squeeze. the reason the manager risks "suicide" is because even if he hits it back to the pitcher, the runner is still in all likelihood going to score. As Bradley would have last night.
And can you PLEASE can the "skilled bunter" bullshit? I keep telling you that all he has to do to make sure the play doesn't end as it did last night was to make contact, and you keep fucking arguing that only Brett Butler or Rod Carew could have possibly pulled it off. Fucking Liberace could have made contact last night. You know who the last guy I can remember successfully pulled off the suicide squeeze? Noted bat handler, skilled bunter, master speedster HENRY MOTHERFUCKING BLANCO. And you don't have to go back 30 years to see this amazing rarity. It happened less than a year ago. Is he a much more likely candidate than Fontenot? Really?
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