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Bunting practice. Please!

Posted on 6/25/17 at 2:20 pm
Posted by Eatem up
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2017
531 posts
Posted on 6/25/17 at 2:20 pm
Hate to nitpiick a CWS championship team but the tigers really need to learn how to bunt better. Beau has laid down a couple of nice bunts but other than that the team has struggled.

Freeman and smith are showing bad technique by jabbing at the ball which will almost always result in popup. The 2 Freeman popups could have come back to haunt us.

If your going to call for the bunt at least show you can lay one down.

Ok, I'll shut up now.

Eat em up!
Posted by DrSteveBrule
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2009
12006 posts
Posted on 6/25/17 at 2:21 pm to
Freeman is struggling at the plate in general, not just bunting.

But that fricking catcher yesterday was unbelievable defensively. I doubt another catcher in the country could do what he did on those 2 pop up bunts. Freeman probably would have gotten 1st against any other catcher on those.
This post was edited on 6/25/17 at 2:22 pm
Posted by haramba3
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
855 posts
Posted on 6/25/17 at 2:22 pm to
need to call up Warren Morris ASAP
Posted by lsu2006
BR
Member since Feb 2004
39978 posts
Posted on 6/25/17 at 2:22 pm to
quote:

If your going to call for the bunt at least show you can lay one down.


Wasn't Freeman at or near the top of the SEC in sac bunts this year?
Posted by Eatem up
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2017
531 posts
Posted on 6/25/17 at 2:25 pm to
Don't know? If so he is just struggling. Hopefully shakes it off.
Posted by LSUcajun77
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2008
21242 posts
Posted on 6/25/17 at 2:28 pm to
We just need a bunting coach




Posted by Tarpon08
Cut Off, LA
Member since Dec 2014
5081 posts
Posted on 6/25/17 at 2:30 pm to
Freeman was dropping the bat head at the last second. Lazily dropping his hands rather than using his legs to move up or down. Looked bad.
Posted by doubleb
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2006
35894 posts
Posted on 6/25/17 at 2:37 pm to
Because Freeman popped both bunts up, he wasn't going to leg out anything for a hit. The base runners each time correctly went back to first avoiding potential DPs.

Whether the catcher caught it or not, one guy was going to be out, The runner or Freeman.
Posted by NameWithheld
Houston, TX
Member since Feb 2011
2092 posts
Posted on 6/25/17 at 2:41 pm to
Somewhat unrelated, but in the Florida – TCU game yesterday one of the batters was showing bunt with two strikes and the pitcher threw it right at him. The hitter used his bat to protect himself and fouled the bunt off for the out. I have no clue why they would show bunt with two strikes, but it was an interesting response.
This post was edited on 6/25/17 at 2:49 pm
Posted by sunnydaze
Member since Jan 2010
29953 posts
Posted on 6/25/17 at 3:25 pm to
Do you really think a college baseball team doesn't practice bunting?
Posted by lsu2006
BR
Member since Feb 2004
39978 posts
Posted on 6/25/17 at 3:28 pm to
For the record, Freeman does indeed lead the SEC in sac bunts with 16 on the year
Posted by beauchristopher
new orleans
Member since Jan 2008
65821 posts
Posted on 6/25/17 at 3:36 pm to
His bunts are worse

I'd rather him work out his struggles swinging the bat

KRob finally did

Maybe he should bleach his whole head
Posted by SpqrTiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2004
9255 posts
Posted on 6/25/17 at 3:36 pm to
I don't get the perfectly-horizontal bat position these guys are using on bunts. It's a lot harder to pop up a bunt if you angle the bat slightly, with the barrel above your hands.

I don't know if my method is antiquated or something, but I was taught specifically to angle the barrel so as to not pop up the bunt.
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
67589 posts
Posted on 6/25/17 at 4:15 pm to
How about we just let Freeman hit or try to bunt for a hit in the early innings. I hate bunting in the first inning and just giving up an out.
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