I saw the argument in the game thread....

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Because that which is true will trump that which is not?

Managing a team on the basis of what players should be able to do rather than what they are likely to do is...retarded.
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That is an ENORMOUS copout. Asking Fontenot to close games is retarded. Asking Fontenot to play catcher is retarded. Asking Fontenot, or virtually any major league baseball player, to lay down a bunt is what has been done SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME.

This "asking Fontenot to bunt was insane" meme is becoming absolutely absurd. Again, we ask relief pitchers to bunt, and no one bats an eye.
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I don't think it was insane. I don't think it was retarded. I do think it was wrong. Beyond that, we can just disagree.

I do think managing on the basis of <i>should be</i> rather than <i>is</i>, is kinda retarded.