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Walkin` Willie Walkin` Willie OP
Feb 24, 2026 at 06:06 PM ET
Bunting sux
You get your #9 guy on with a four ball walk and then you try to bunt him over with your leadoff hitter. Not a real fan of Earl Weaver as I thought he was overly grumpy but one thing I agree with him on is play for the big inning. His reasoning was you only get 27 outs so why waste one as outs are your most precious offensive possession. I thought JMU's bunt in the seventh inning was bad baseball even though they scored the guy from second - they were down three at the time. And besides, AI agrees with me - i.e. bunting is bad (except in certain situations). It's a Run Expectancy thingy...

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5mo
Especially on these turf fields where the bounces are true and get to the
infielder in a hurry. The quote from Moneyball - “they are just giving you an out - take it and say thank you”.