07-30-2009, 12:19 PM
<!--quoteo(post=53640:date=Jul 30 2009, 11:10 AM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Jul 30 2009, 11:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->this is how i sum up the play: lou called for a suicide squeeze. had fontenot executed it, it would have worked and the cubs would have won. so how can it be retarded? if fontenot lays the bunt down, the cubs win. the play would have worked had it been done right. therefore, the call wasn't retarded, the execution of the call was retarded. it was a good call. was it the best call? maybe, maybe not. but the play is predicated on the element of surprise and to that end it worked perfectly because no one saw it coming. fontenot is a retard, not lou.
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You're right -- if Fontenot executed it, the Cubs win. But there's no guarantee that Fontenot doesn't miss (like he did), pop-up into a double-play, hit it right back to the pitcher, or not bunt it far enough away from the catcher. It's a risky play -- that's why they call it a suicide squeeze. Add in the fact that the bases are loaded (man, I'm getting tired of typing the same shit over and over), Fontenot bats LH, Valverde was extremely wild, and Fontenot doesn't bunt all that often, and it becomes even riskier.
You know what else would have surprised the Astros? If Lou went to the plate himself, swinging for the fences. But if Lou executed it and hit a home run, the Cubs would win (setting aside the fact that Lou can't actually insert himself into the lineup). So, it's up to Lou to drive the ball there.
The safer, smarter play was using Fox. For many reasons. Lou decided to go a different direction. Which was stupid.
I'm done with this now.
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You're right -- if Fontenot executed it, the Cubs win. But there's no guarantee that Fontenot doesn't miss (like he did), pop-up into a double-play, hit it right back to the pitcher, or not bunt it far enough away from the catcher. It's a risky play -- that's why they call it a suicide squeeze. Add in the fact that the bases are loaded (man, I'm getting tired of typing the same shit over and over), Fontenot bats LH, Valverde was extremely wild, and Fontenot doesn't bunt all that often, and it becomes even riskier.
You know what else would have surprised the Astros? If Lou went to the plate himself, swinging for the fences. But if Lou executed it and hit a home run, the Cubs would win (setting aside the fact that Lou can't actually insert himself into the lineup). So, it's up to Lou to drive the ball there.
The safer, smarter play was using Fox. For many reasons. Lou decided to go a different direction. Which was stupid.
I'm done with this now.