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

[Tmill15]

This team does not quit!!!! 4-3 win for the huskies! Great comeback and what a performance from the pitching staff as Kyler continues to deliver!!!! Roll skies!! Doubleheader at noon tomorrow!

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Viet Vet]

The sac bunt has been (rightly) dead in baseball for close to a decade now. It's just not something that teams do

Rightly? Why?

 

[navery12]

Rightly? Why?

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

 

[johnhuskies95]

The sac bunt has been (rightly) dead in baseball for close to a decade now. It's just not something that teams do

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.

 

[navery12]

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.

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

 

[Viet Vet]

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

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.

 

[navery12]

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.

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

 

[Viet Vet]

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

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]

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.

Over a beer. Sorry.

 

[lavuuk153]

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

Situationally it can make sense, but I view it like someone passing up a 3 pointer to take one step in for a long 2. By and large the wrong play but not always.

 

[lavuuk153]

I will say I “like” bunts much more in college than MLB. The odds of the fielder screwing it up is much higher. It’s the same reason a runner on 3rd with 2 outs has a better chance of scoring on nonsense in college.

 

[navery12]

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

Well the Mets decided to troll me by bunting in the 1 situation I said I was OK with it, so obviously it failed

 

[Viet Vet]

Situationally it can make sense, but I view it like someone passing up a 3 pointer to take one step in for a long 2. By and large the wrong play but not always.

I must disagree. It's not passing up a three for as "long" two. It's more like passing up the three for a layup.

 

[lavuuk153]

I must disagree. It's not passing up a three for as "long" two. It's more like passing up the three for a layup.

In thinking it over, long 2 isn’t the same. However, I would never say getting a guy in from second with 1 out is a layup with this team ?

 

[Viet Vet]

In thinking it over, long 2 isn’t the same. However, I would never say getting a guy in from second with 1 out is a layup with this team ?

Good point. Let's say passing up the three in lieu of a Jeremy Lamb short floater? That, I'll take.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[uconnbaseball]

Intense win. Take two tomorrow!

 

[huskymedic]

 

[dvegas]

Good evening for the ball teams wearing blue in Queens last night. Wonder if Nick Ahmed might be giving the pre-game speech to the Huskies today?

 

[CL82]

Intense win. Take two tomorrow!

Uh...It’s OK if they are less intense, but that may be me.

 

[Chin Diesel]

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

I tried so hard to watch the game on ESPN3 and made it through part of the top half of the first. Single camera behind home plate and the dreadful announcers made it unwatchable. I get better video feeds of local HS baseball than they had last night.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]