A simple introduction why NL baseball is painful
by MobiusKlein on Jul 28, 2006 5:27 PM PDT
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PrintLooking over an inprogress game, and saw a perfect example of the problem with NL style smallball.
"San Francisco Top 5th
- Shea Hillenbrand grounded out to first. None on with one out
- Pedro Feliz ground-rule doubled to right-center. Runner on second with one out.
- Eliezer Alfonzo singled to right. Runners on first and third with one out
- Jason Schmidt sacrifice bunt to third. Runners on second and third with two outs
- Steve Finley grounded out second to first to end the inning."
- The pitcher is up, and the best they can try to do is sacrifice the guy on first to second, leaving the guy at third on? Why not try an score the guy some way or another.
If that is the way to play without a DH, please spare us.
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if you let schmidt hit then he's most likely
going to strike out or hit into a double play. a bunt is the best thing there.
i hate the DH though so i see it differently. to me NL baseball is real baseball.
"I thought it was cute," Oakland's Nick Swisher said of Kotsay's blast with the petal-colored bat
by larrysgurl on Jul 28, 2006 5:32 PM PDT reply actions
Lots of pitchers do better.
I've seen it more than once. A runner on third, and no real attempt to get that runner home. Sure, if it's first and second, do the sac. But with a runner at third, there should be a legit attempt to score that runner. And if a double play occurs, you start with the top of the order up. Besides, even regular hitters GIDP sometimes.
In my opinion
Pitching and hitting are difficult enough that the jobs be seperated. Not enough guys can do both to make pitcher/hitters viable.
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