Small ball will not be attacked ITT

You mean fundamental baseball?

Here’s the deal:
White is a great hitter. He hits for power and can drive in runs by doing things like hitting fly balls to drive in runs. He is a great 2 strike hitter. That guy should never bunt.

Other hitters like Thompson, Dugas, Morgan can all learn to be good at both. They could be excellent base runners as well.
It takes in game experience to do that. Prepare a team for it when it is required.
Just have to learn…

Bunting is dumb. There are other ways to create runs that they do not wish to explore. And other ways they simply cannot explore because they do not have those type of hitters

You mean fundamental baseball?

I do. When we lose a regional because Beloso or whoever cannot bunt for shite, okay. I don't have utmost confidence in our any given day's 1-9 to be able to lay down an effective bunt that gets a run home instead of a 1-1 count developed into a double play.

Well, having the personnel to bunt is a big factor. You need speed (burner speed) to make the threat real. The defense has to abandon base coverage. We have 3 guys in the line up with that kind of speed. 3 more that are ok fast. The other issue is when. Whenever anyone is on first with less than 2 outs? I believe steals are more efficient. You don’t need burner speed just good base running skills.

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You have a higher probability of scoring runs by not bunting

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This is true. But the emphasis here is on runS, plural. Swinging away as opposed to bunting increases your chances of scoring multiple runs in an inning, while also increasing your chances of not scoring at all. Bunting maximizes your chances of getting exactly one run. Sometimes that makes sense situationally, sometimes it doesn't.

You lack a healthy appreciation for the preciousness of outs.

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You need speed (burner speed) to make the threat real.

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We’re not talking about bunting for hits. We are talking about bunting to move runners and in strategic situations. For example, had Dugas been able to bunt Travinski scores in the game in the tied with LSU having an advantage late in games because of hitting. Secondly, when you bunt like Morgan did the other day, it can be a hit without being ultra fast. He had a perfectly placed bunt when the opposing team least expecting it.
Also, this team needs to learn to run the bases better. Travinski did not need to try to go home on the play. Where Dugas bunted it back to the pitcher.

It was the right call but poorly executed.

There’s no reason why LSU doesn’t have 3-5 guys with 20+ stolen bases. None.

This team cannot bunt. Nobody practices bunting anymore anyway. However, until they begin having productive outs, they will continue to struggle to score runs. Which means we’re going to have to cut strikeouts down by half at least.

We have far too many unproductive outs and we swing and miss far too often. I don’t really know if we can fix it at this point in the season. We rely far too much on the home run.

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Bunting maximizes your chances of getting exactly one run

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Based on what? In almost 0 scenarios do your odds of scoring a run go up. Sorry about the quality of the second pic


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