re: This one is on Mainieri...

Every baseball team should know how to bunt, whether it is the right call in this situation is, like many have said, easy to tell in hindsight. But beyond that one play LSU proved that they could not bunt this weekend. It is one thing to have a team with Brandon Larson and Eddie Furnis hitting bombs, but this team cant do that. They should know how to manufacture runs.

Every failure is an opportunity to learn. I think next year, whether LSU will need to or not, CPM will make sure they know how to bunt so it does not come down to "we cant bunt because this guy in the lineup cant" but "I dont want to bunt this guy even though he knows how because if I let him hit-away we will have a better chance of winning." CPM will figure it out..no one or coach is perfect. He will learn from this