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Tue Sep-20-05 10:33 PM
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The perfect bunt - a lost art? |
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Tue Sep-20-05 10:33 PM
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Tue Sep-20-05 10:34 PM
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2. not so much even a perfect bunt |
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No one knows how to even lay down a sac bunt anymore- this skill just isn't being taught in the minors or even little league anymore.
Although sacrfices ('productive outs') are extremely overrated (OBP-based offense is by far the most effective), there are times when they MUST be made. It baffles me to see even the best player totally clueless in a total bunt situation.
On the Yankees, really, the only excellent bunter is Jeter.
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Tue Sep-20-05 10:36 PM
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4. You don't watch the little league world series? |
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The last game this year a kid hit a perfect sacrifice bunt.
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Tue Sep-20-05 10:39 PM
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But that's not the norm. It's great that kid did that, but seriously, I just haven't seen the skill being taught :shrug:
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Tue Sep-20-05 10:36 PM
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I'm not a big baseball watcher, so I have no point of historical reference.
Which reminds me, are you gonna make predictions this week?
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Tue Sep-20-05 10:38 PM
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6. Oh shit, thanks for reminding me! |
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Tue Sep-20-05 10:39 PM
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Tue Sep-20-05 10:37 PM
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5. A squeeze play is so awesome |
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I get goosebumps when I see one.
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Tue Sep-20-05 11:39 PM
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18. I LOVE the suicide squeeze! |
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Tue Sep-20-05 10:50 PM
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10. If I were a pitcher named Riske, I think I would at least change my name |
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It is right up there with one of the Twins' pitchers Balfour...I would change my name to Strikethree!
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Tue Sep-20-05 10:51 PM
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11. I was the perfect bunter in kickball in elementary school. |
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It used to piss off a lot of people.
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Tue Sep-20-05 10:55 PM
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:rofl:
That always pissed people off. So much so, that it was almost considered unfair.
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Tue Sep-20-05 10:56 PM
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Tue Sep-20-05 10:58 PM
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14. Let the ball come to you. "Catch" it softly with the meat of the bat, not |
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unlike the action of an "egg toss". Use the back arm to guide the bat.
I heard this on an interview with Maury Wills.
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Tue Sep-20-05 11:35 PM
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Tue Sep-20-05 11:37 PM
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The perfect bunt is a real piece of cake!
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Tue Sep-20-05 11:40 PM
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Tue Sep-20-05 11:50 PM
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I guess I've been on a few rolls lately...
As a matter of fact I'm sitting on a couple of buns right now! :yoiks:
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Tue Sep-20-05 11:44 PM
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First you scared me. Then you humiliated me. Haha.
I thought I had mistakenly spilled my soul responding to a cooking post. Then I realized you had mocked us. How cruel. Is nothing sacred. Can we not get serious around here!
Ok, so I got high for a long long period in my life. Now it's time to start baking.
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Tue Sep-20-05 11:44 PM
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21. Um, did you mean to reply to the *other* thread? |
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Tue Sep-20-05 11:56 PM
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On another plane, his post was #4.20!
:rofl:
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Tue Sep-20-05 11:46 PM
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22. Must...not ...make...obscene...copycat. |
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Tue Sep-20-05 11:51 PM
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Were you here last night???
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Tue Sep-20-05 11:52 PM
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Tue Sep-20-05 11:53 PM
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26. Some posts from last night |
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Tue Sep-20-05 11:54 PM
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27. Nope. The Marlins' Juan Pierre is a master artiste. |
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He spends about a half-hour before every game testing the base path clay to see which way he should bunt. He's awesome at it.
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Tue Sep-20-05 11:55 PM
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28. No one on the indians knows how to bunt.... |
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Tue Sep-20-05 11:56 PM
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29. A couple of the Twins do |
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but not nearly enough of them...Lew Ford is dreadful at bunting.
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Tue Sep-20-05 11:57 PM
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The Bunt mught take back the Blunt.....
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Tue Sep-20-05 11:58 PM
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Wed Sep-21-05 12:20 AM
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33. My 13 yo daughter is an awesome softball player. Good little bunter, |
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and good at reading the defense and slapping one out past 'em when they're coming in to play an expected bunt. And she's fast as hell, so her OBP is pretty darn good. Agree that a well-placed bunt is a thing of beauty.
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Wed Sep-21-05 12:46 AM
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34. A thing of beauty indeed |
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I love "small ball". So much more strategy involved than just nailing them out of the park.
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