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UConn @ St. John (Friday 5/7 @6p, Saturday 5/8 Doubleheader @Noon & Sunday 5/9 @1p) All games on ESPN3

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Doesn't matter if it is Husky Access or now ESPN3. The camera guys suck. Why show the runner running instead of the play taking place. Too many fly ball outs tonight. 12 hits and only 2 runs
 
LIUCHusky said:
And if he sent him and he was thrown out you would be the first to complain.
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Maybe so, just saying if it were Ferrer he would have sent him. We've seen it numerous times this year. I have always questioned Penders eye at third and think we could use a different 3rd base coach.
 
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Amazing that was 1st walk of game
 
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Wow 13 stranded runners.
 
Why do we not move the lead-off runner over when he reaches first with no outs. Can't anybody bunt or hit behind him? Are fundamentals that dead in Storrs?
 
Caleb Wurster for the win (save)! Great comeback.

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Viet Vet said:
Rightly? Why?
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I hate the bunt as a strategy outside of an extreme situation like a bottom of the 9th down 1 or a tie game where you only need 1 run. Any other time I think it severely limits your offensive output and lowers the number of runs you'll score over the course of a season by giving away outs
 
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navery12 said:
The sac bunt has been (rightly) dead in baseball for close to a decade now. It's just not something that teams do
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Penders has gone away from it more this year, but he still likes to go sac bunt a decent amount, especially if there's a guy at the bottom of the order that doesn't get on base a lot. Aaron Hill and Keith Krueger(and Michael Woodworth even though he was a good hitter) were called on to sac bunt a good amount. This year the starting lineup is pretty strong throughout though and he hasn't called for it nearly as much.
 
johnhuskies95 said:
Penders has gone away from it more this year, but he still likes to go sac bunt a decent amount, especially if there's a guy at the bottom of the order that doesn't get on base a lot. Aaron Hill and Keith Krueger(and Michael Woodworth even though he was a good hitter) were called on to sac bunt a good amount. This year the starting lineup is pretty strong throughout though and he hasn't called for it nearly as much.
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Yeah I will say there's some more value in a lineup with light hitters at the bottom. This year I have full confidence in everyone so haven't minded the shift from Penders to letting everyone hit
 
navery12 said:
I hate the bunt as a strategy outside of an extreme situation like a bottom of the 9th down 1 or a tie game where you only need 1 run. Any other time I think it severely limits your offensive output and lowers the number of runs you'll score over the course of a season by giving away outs
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Who cares about the number of runs scored over the course of a SEASON? That is irrelevant to THIS game. The sacrifice bunt is a situational tactic, used to increase the probability of scoring ONE additional run when that run is crucial to achieving victory. Not just when tied, or down a run in the ninth inning. UConn was up by one in the top of the eighth. An additional run, putting us up by two going into the last two innings changes (significantly) the calculus for the final two St. John's at-bats. How UConn pitches, aligns its defense, positions its first and third basemen to guard the lines, considers an intentional walk to set up a potential double play,......................these are all predicated on the score. A two-run lead suggests a different defensive posture than a one-run lead.

Call me old school..............................I am proud to be so.
 
Viet Vet said:
Who cares about the number of runs scored over the course of a SEASON? That is irrelevant to THIS game. The sacrifice bunt is a situational tactic, used to increase the probability of scoring ONE additional run when that run is crucial to achieving victory. Not just when tied, or down a run in the ninth inning. UConn was up by one in the top of the eighth. An additional run, putting us up by two going into the last two innings changes (significantly) the calculus for the final two St. John's at-bats. How UConn pitches, aligns its defense, positions its first and third basemen to guard the lines, considers an intentional walk to set up a potential double play,......................these are all predicated on the score. A two-run lead suggests a different defensive posture than a one-run lead.

Call me old school..............................I am proud to be so.
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Yeah we're just gonna have to agree to disagree on this one. I'm not looking to increase the probability to score 1 run, I want to increase the chances they score as many runs as possible and that's why I don't want a sac bunt there
 
navery12 said:
Yeah we're just gonna have to agree to disagree on this one. I'm not looking to increase the probability to score 1 run, I want to increase the chances they score as many runs as possible and that's why I don't want a sac bunt there
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I appreciate your agreeing to disagree.

I'd rather have a greater chance for a two run lead than a lesser chance for a three/four run lead going into the bottom of the eighth. But I'll gladly treat you to a over for a face-to-face discussion.

UConn '74.
 
Viet Vet said:
I appreciate your agreeing to disagree.

I'd rather have a greater chance for a two run lead than a lesser chance for a three/four run lead going into the bottom of the eighth. But I'll gladly treat you to a over for a face-to-face discussion.

UConn '74.
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Over a beer. Sorry.
 
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