Offensive

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: I guess that's a theory, but I disagree. Your typical hitter is much better at taking a pitch outside of the strike zone when he starts a bunt than he is when he starts a swing. Bunting makes you more selective, and so is as likely to put you ahead in the count as behind.

I've seen enough bunters going after stuff out of the zone to just accept as fact that bunting makes one more selective.
But even if that were true they'd still have to make contact and place it well. Missed bunts and foul bunts are what's going to put a batter in a hole.

How do we know who is and who isn't if nobody tries to do it?

Nowhere have I said I'm against them trying, just not as a reflex with all hitters in all situations.

[Edgy MD]

...just not as a reflex with all hitters in all situations.

As if that is an argument anybody is making. How about often enough to challenge defenses to abandon the shift?

And ... another Conforto base hit dies in the shift.

[Edgy MD]

A Granderson RBI single may have just been lost to the shift also.

[Centerfield]

I would say leading off the ninth inning down by two runs is one of those no brain situations.

[Edgy MD]

It's also a no-brain situation to take a strike, but no. And when both Keith and Ronny are calling you out about it nightly, I'm not sure how the message can be missed.

I think I'm going to write a letter.