Rays at Twins series thread

[John F]

Crawford's got an inside the park home run tonight...

[Hawkeye4]

Originally Posted by John F

Crawford's got an inside the park home run tonight...

But, they also should have 2 wins in this series by now as well.

And Navarro's sorry attempts at bunting didn't help.

[John F]

Navi's a catcher... He's not supposed to be bunting to begin with.

[Hawkeye4]

Originally Posted by John F

Navi's a catcher... He's not supposed to be bunting to begin with.

What's that got to do with it? He's a baseball player (not a pitcher) and when you have 2 on with no outs, you've got to get the ball down. Not stab at 2 pitches way high up in the zone. Then he doesn't get the ball within the stripes on the 3rd strike.

Our little league coach (we won the city championships 3 years in a row) used to drum fundamentals to us over and over and over again.

[John F]

Riddle me this, Hawk:

When do catchers looked to for bunting? Bad knees usually hobble their running skills and the force out at first is a given in most cases. That and puts the runner the catcher would supposedly be trying to move forward into risk.

In little league, the catcher isn't going to have horrid knees as they tend to still be kids. By your twenties -- Navi's age -- after playing catcher for a few years, the effects start showing.

Unless Crawford was the base runner, Maddon's call for a bunt was a mistake to begin with.

[Hawkeye4]

Originally Posted by John F

Bad knees usually hobble their running skills and the force out at first is a given in most cases. That and puts the runner the catcher would supposedly be trying to move forward into risk.

Bad knees have nothing to do with getting the bunt down. And the bunter is more than likely going to get out anyway, that's why it's called a "sacrifice". His job is totally to get the runner into scoring position, nothing else.