Sac Bunts: Love or hate?

who was pitching for the mets that day.......if im the manager and lets say al lieter is pitching against matt morris, that could easily be a one run ballgame. i still say in the first is too early, but you could justify it anyway.

sac bunts dont bother me for the most part....only when someone on my team fails to get one down

 

I see your point there, but regardless of who's pitching, I still think you're better off looking for the big inning than getting a man on first and settling for a 50/50 chance of scoring one run. Especially in the first inning.

And if there's a pitcher on this year's Mets team that's capable day-in and day-out of standing up to the best pitchers in baseball, I'd like to meet him. Maybe he can introduce me to the Easter Bunny.

 

Tommy Glavine, but I think he and the Easter bunny had fallin out this past off season

 

Bunting is the most important lost art in baseball. I bet no one on here can name who led the major leagues in sac bunts last year, but everyone knows who led MLB in homeruns. My point is, like it or not its a part of the game and often the most important part that is overlooked. In the situation in the first inning you were referring to, it could have been an attempt at a bunt for a hit. In that situation, even if the number 2 hitter fails, he still moves a runner into scoring position which isn't a bad deal. So I guess to answer the question, yes i love the sac bunt.

 

it could have been an attempt at a bunt for a hit.

or an attempt to rattle the pitcher or to show the other team that anything could happen at any time.
The coaches that make these calls are paid the big bucks and if the team owners aren't happy then the coaches have to go. I could not imagine any coach making all the fans happy all the time but thats why he is the coach and the other poeople are fans.

 

well, if it was the Mets they were probably gonna lose regardless so wtf cares?

 

This debate is the reason why I like the National League leaps and bounds above the American League. Too many teams try to play for the big inning (American League style ball/DH), when you can score an early run in the first, and put the pressure on the other team to respond. And if that means the sac bunt, then by all means do it.