I saw that fool LaRussa do it again the other night. He puts a good hitter in the number 2 slot, exactly because he is a good hitter, and then has him bunt with a runner on first. I wonder how many times a year he does that. This is not hindsight, I wondered about the strategy even before that same number two hitter came up later in the game and hit a walkoff granny.
If he insists on bunting his number-2 hitter every time he comes up, why not bat the pitcher second, fercrissake.
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