danman31 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 15, 2010 -> 08:40 PM) Worst AB of the season for Rios. He's had a few stinkers lately, but that was awful. His 2 whiffs were on pitches never in the zone. Unbelievable that a guy with 0 control didn't give up at least the inherited runner there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Good job bunting, that really worked out well!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Well first of all youre assuming that Ozzie called for the bunt and it wasnt Pierre's own doing. If Pierre was a better hitter, Id agree completely. But most of his game is speed and hitting the ball to the left side. When you have a runner on, those plays arent nearly as hard. Taking into account Pierre's skill set, I think that butning for a hit is just as likely to have a successful outcome as swinging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Damn, you guys make it hard to follow a game on here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodAsGould Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Rios and Konerko really know when to come up big mostly kidding because they been awesome all season long but this game has just been frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thad Bosley Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 A one-run game now and we're only through three and a half innings of this one - AND we're already into their bullpen. This one is long from over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Jul 15, 2010 -> 07:43 PM) A one-run game now and we're only through three and a half innings of this one - AND we're already into their bullpen. This one is long from over! Especially since their bullpen has been faltering lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 02:42 AM) Well first of all youre assuming that Ozzie called for the bunt and it wasnt Pierre's own doing. If Pierre was a better hitter, Id agree completely. But most of his game is speed and hitting the ball to the left side. When you have a runner on, those plays arent nearly as hard. Taking into account Pierre's skill set, I think that butning for a hit is just as likely to have a successful outcome as swinging. And you would be wrong with your last sentence, as he's around .140 on bunts this year, which would make him in the .275 range when swinging away. Bunting is also dumb to get a runner into 2nd with Vizquel up, as he'd have a tough time driving home a run with how shallow the defense plays him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Jeez, do we even scout Punto? He does that once a game against the Sox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAVVY18 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Damn...what a gorgeous bunt by poontang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 THANKS TWINS FOR GIVING UP FIRST OUT VIA BUNT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Nick Punto has taken a few days off of my life. The fact that he continues to kill us despite having absolutely no talent is so frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 QUOTE (danman31 @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 02:46 AM) Nick Punto has taken a few days off of my life. The fact that he continues to kill us despite having absolutely no talent is so frustrating. He plays like the smartest player in baseball when we face him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Thanks for giving us a free out, Twins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Successful outcome for me includes moving the runner from 1st to 2nd. What is Pierre's success rate of bunts for hit + bunts that are successful for sacrifice? That is the relevant stat, and my guess is that rate is higher than his 275 batting average. And getting a man to 2nd means that you have 2 shots to for a single to potentially score the tie run. You can disagree but its not nearly as bad as people are making it out to be. If Pierre hits a double play people would be b****ing the other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 This isn't the NL where the pitcher is batting. Swing away, we had 9 hits and 8 swings that resulted in outs up to that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Very nice pitch to Cuddyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Guess ive watched to many games where the Sox swing away into double play after double play that I prefer actually taking it to the defense and making it work. Its different styles. The White Sox are a pitching team, you scratch out runs. That means putting the ball in play and making things happen. Im just not that confident in Pierre as a hitter, so I have no problem with forcing the defense into a hard play. Thats all I ever expect out of Pierre anyway. Dont really think that hes going to be successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodAsGould Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I have nothing against the Pierre bunt, it was fine and he almost beat it out... it ended up giving our 2 best hitters a chance to tie or even take the lead in game hard to argue against it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Well that pitch was a strike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beautox Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 come on cq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I can't recall a game where our hitters had more 2-0 counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 We're going to win this game going away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thad Bosley Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 15, 2010 -> 08:44 PM) Especially since their bullpen has been faltering lately. That may just come into play tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Burnett still has no control. We seriously have to score off this dude. Even on the outs his control has been terrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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