Unwritten Rules
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i never understood the don't bunt to break up a no hitter rule.
does that mean, the lead off hitter can't bunt to start a game or does this rule only come into play after the 5th inning?
does that mean, the lead off hitter can't bunt to start a game or does this rule only come into play after the 5th inning?
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I dont even agree with lightening up when there's a blow-out. play hard all the time I say, and when you're on fire, take advantage. Embarrass the other team, I dont care.
would you give the green light to steal second in the top of the 9th with an 8 run lead :?:
1-0 or 2-0 game do everything you can to get on base as game is still in doubt.
other than that i'm drilling you in the back or head as you run up the line if you bunt to break up a no-hitter in the 6th or later.
Well, no, I suppose not. But thats simply because the game is mostly locked up and steals arent that important. Never lighten up on hitting though.
Thats fine, and understandable. And there goes your shutout down the drain too.
A hit is a hit. These guys get paid for their BA. Never lighten up. I'd rather be proud of a no hitter you had to work for than know people played with reservations because of a stupid unwritten rule.
even if that could lead to a big inning? how many times have we seen a pitcher go 7+ innings with a no hitter, than give up a clean hit....and anouther and anouther. lot of times, once that first hit happens, the flood gates open.
:fp:
what if it's a 4 run game, in the 7th and you have one of the top bunters/speed guys in the game leading off, and the defense is playing back?
It's when you don't hesitate. You must come to a pause before you deliver to the plate.
Tom O.
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
-The Writer
Tom O.
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
-The Writer
2-0 game at that point. get a guy on...smack a HR, tie game.
it should be noted tho, Schilling game up 2 other hits in that game.
but baseball?
**turns and leaves**
I would think that Ben Davis has better odds of getting a hit swinging away rather than bunting.
Tom O.
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
-The Writer
Like the unwritten rules of the road?
Tom O.
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
-The Writer
If John Kruk could handle it...
I say bunt away. But clearly I dont have to get in the box to face the Big Pockmark or some other pitcher who is going to buzz the tower of the next hitter if I bunt on him.
Herm Edwards said it best (or at least in the funniest way -- you play, to win, the game!
If that means your guys get plunked then charge the mound and wipe big bird out.
If I were a pitcher I am sure I would stick up for this unwritten rule. Not sure of another situation where I would though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMk5sMHj58I
i just started with baseball, but the topic is unwritten rules so feel free to discuss non baseball unwritten rules....unless there is a unwritten rule that i am not aware of that is against discussing non baseball unwritten rules.
Barry Bonds....120 times in 2004
would you rather face a guy hitting 360 with big time power with 2 on and 2 out, or the next guy that is hitting 275 with less power and a higher strike out ratio
that said, i would not walk him with the bases loaded, although that happened a few times
No one has a higher strike out ratio than Ryan Howard
Bonds was the first one I thought of. But there is NO guarantee he's going to beat you, so I don't get it being automatic
I understand the odds, but it's still not a guarantee