re: How valuable are "Instincts" in managing baseball? re: Rhyme's AB

Look guys. You had a man on 1st with no outs. A hitter that had a 2-0 count on him that has been hitting into a lot of double plays. He's not a good bunter. The batter is a great hitter and will make contact with the ball. UCLA MUST throw a strike. The chances are it will be a hit-able fastball. LSU does the hit and run. Rhymes hits a hard one hopper straight at the 3rd baseman who get Katz on a close play and doubles up Rhymes. If I was the Head coach, I would have done the same thing. It was just bad baseball luck. The coach made the CORRECT call. If you follow LSU closely you know it was the best choice to make to try to move the runner.