9/4 Giants (Cueto) @ Cubs (Lackey) 1:20 PM CT ABC 7 & TBS

[Hairyducked Idiot]

No problem with Fowler's bunt yesterday or Contreras bunting there. Would've been a little annoyed if Heyward had actually bunted given how many of his probable outcomes are similar to bunting.

 

 

DAMN IT I THOUGHT JORGE DID IT

 

 

i don't care if bad hitters bunt. i hate hate hate giving away outs with good hitters.

 

Which one is which in this scenario?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Georgie, if you win it here, I promise I will not stalk you for a whole week!

[BigSlick]

Nice. Soler has had *such* good at bats since coming back

[Transmogrified Tiger]

No problem with Fowler's bunt yesterday or Contreras bunting there. Would've been a little annoyed if Heyward had actually bunted given how many of his probable outcomes are similar to bunting.

 

i don't care if bad hitters bunt. i hate hate hate giving away outs with good hitters.

 

When one run is disproportionately important, it's not that simple.

[Cubswin11]

Nice patience there, Georgie

[Ding Dong Johnson]

SEXY DEXY time

[Sammy Sofa]

Boy, sure would be nice to have someone in scoring position right now. Bunts continue to lick butts.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Soler saw one strike in that PA and hit it 450 feet foul

 

that is how to work a plate appearance

[Transmogrified Tiger]

fyi I do not advocate bunting with Fowler here

[Sammy Sofa]

Bunt lovers vote Trump. I have proof.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

horsefeathers the 1-run win, hit a dong and pad that RD

[David]

No problem with Fowler's bunt yesterday or Contreras bunting there. Would've been a little annoyed if Heyward had actually bunted given how many of his probable outcomes are similar to bunting.

 

i don't care if bad hitters bunt. i hate hate hate giving away outs with good hitters.

 

When one run is disproportionately important, it's not that simple.

 

seems to me the odds of scoring one run don't increase that much with 1 out and a runner on 2nd vs 0 out and runner on first anyway, without even taking into account that you're talking about wasting a good hitter

 

http://www.tangotiger.net/re24.html

 

edit - sorry, massively hungover, but they actually don't increase at all

[Hunter]

Win this!

[Transmogrified Tiger]

 

i don't care if bad hitters bunt. i hate hate hate giving away outs with good hitters.

 

When one run is disproportionately important, it's not that simple.

 

seems to me the odds of scoring one run don't increase that much with 1 out and a runner on 2nd vs 0 out and runner on first anyway, without even taking into account that you're talking about wasting a good hitter

 

http://www.tangotiger.net/re24.html

 

That's showing you mean and not median. I've also thought that it's a little simplistic to look at on the whole since bunting falls into both categories(save for failed bunts).

[David]

DAMN

[Schwarber Fan]

How do you not know how many outs there are in that spot? LMAO

[Cubswin11]

MF'er

[soccer10k]

Damn. Oh well. KB or Rizzo will walk it off in the 10th.

[UMFan83]

Damn. Dude did everything to lose it but actually lose it

[Transmogrified Tiger]

The Giants have had more than one LF taking crummy routes today.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

what a turd.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

 

When one run is disproportionately important, it's not that simple.

 

seems to me the odds of scoring one run don't increase that much with 1 out and a runner on 2nd vs 0 out and runner on first anyway, without even taking into account that you're talking about wasting a good hitter

 

http://www.tangotiger.net/re24.html

 

That's showing you mean and not median. I've also thought that it's a little simplistic to look at on the whole since bunting falls into both categories(save for failed bunts).

 

This. Depending on how you account for things like fielding errors and bunt hits and double plays, you can basically come up with anything from "very slight negative" to "very slight positive" for bunting. It's fine.

[Sammy Sofa]

The only acceptable bunt in the history of bunting:

 

http://i.giphy.com/NA8wyLvkK34yI.gif

[David]

 

seems to me the odds of scoring one run don't increase that much with 1 out and a runner on 2nd vs 0 out and runner on first anyway, without even taking into account that you're talking about wasting a good hitter

 

http://www.tangotiger.net/re24.html

 

That's showing you mean and not median. I've also thought that it's a little simplistic to look at on the whole since bunting falls into both categories(save for failed bunts).

 

This. Depending on how you account for things like fielding errors and bunt hits and double plays, you can basically come up with anything from "very slight negative" to "very slight positive" for bunting. It's fine.

 

if the upside is very slight positive, i'll stick with not wasting outs and letting dongers dong and not having boring ass stupid bunts

[BigSlick]

just hit a donger and call it a day