Certainly somebody was "due for a hit". :-)
Whenever that baseball concept comes up "due for a hit", it reminds me of the George Will book "Men at Work". It's a very common baseball concept that fans use even when a career .200 hitter is up with runners on base. Will say, No way" - a .200 hitter is never due for a hit - that's precisely why he's a .200 hitter - he doesn't get many hits.
Maybe VT coach believes his team was "due for a hit" all those times with the bases loaded. If "due for a hit" had any truth to it, there would never be any no-hitters thrown.
I know your comment to this post is going to be "Wait, you read a book?"
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Omg. 0 for 6 with bases loaded**
-- La Gargola
Mar 29, 2026 at 04:30 PM ET
La Gargola
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03/29/26 04:30 PM ET
Did Szefc suicide squeeze on any of those opportunities?**
-- BackInTheBurg
Mar 29, 2026 at 05:18 PM ET
BackInTheBurg
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03/29/26 05:18 PM ET
He did and if it stayed fair we win in the bottom of the 9th! Is anybody
-- U2Hokie
Mar 30, 2026 at 08:07 AM ET
U2Hokie
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03/30/26 08:07 AM ET
Certainly somebody was "due for a hit". :-)
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-- laphroaig
Mar 29, 2026 at 05:34 PM ET
laphroaig
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03/29/26 05:34 PM ET
Reason I asked, is I went to the home UVA series last yr. Szefc bunted his
-- BackInTheBurg
Mar 29, 2026 at 06:28 PM ET
BackInTheBurg
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03/29/26 06:28 PM ET
I never would have bunted early in a game - but bottom of 9th and we are
-- U2Hokie
Mar 31, 2026 at 06:21 AM ET
U2Hokie
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03/31/26 06:21 AM ET
Bunting early in a modern college baseball game should be...
-- Gobbler-100
Mar 29, 2026 at 11:02 PM ET
Gobbler-100
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03/29/26 11:02 PM ET