Suicide Squeeze

Suicide squeeze means you're going with the pitch not waiting for contact.

Yeah if the batter misses the bunt you fricked

Sorry, I assumed suicide squeeze is when the runner is pushed between two bases; haven't played baseball since high school and living in Houston we don't get to watch LSU all the time (what, do you expect me to watch the Astros?).

Thanks for clarification.

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I assumed suicide squeeze is when the runner is pushed between two bases;

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This is referred to as a rundown, not a suicide squeeze.

Rundown, aka pickle

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How efficient just exactly is the suicide squeeze?

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high risk, high reward. I would say a low chance of succeeding. Maybe 25%.

I am a huge fan of the squeeze if your team can handle the bat it's puts huge amounts of pressure on the D. Only problem is doing it with less than two outs your chances of scoring by swinging away are much higher.

The only part of Bianco's strategy I question is going with the squeeze on the first pitch. Afforded LSU the luxury of pitching out.

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Suicide Squeeze

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steal home

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To further confuse you this is two different things. Stealing home is much rarer than a suicide squeeze at this level. Back in the Whitey Herzog days of the St Louis Cardinals they had a jackrabbit named Vince Coleman. He did on occasion straight up steal home with no bunt. This normally required a lazy or preoccupied pitcher who was not paying him attention and he would get a walking lead off third and could beat the throw home when the pitcher went into his stretch motion.

Actually, if CBB is going to continue with this mickey mouse ball instead of the gorilla ball they used to play Maneri needs to look for player like Vince Coleman, Lou Brock, Ricky Henderson, etc that were usually referred to as walking doubles because if they got on first they were going to steal second and possibly third. This absolutely rattles pitchers to death when somebody like that gets on and it adds some excitement to the game for the fans.