After Climbing to 5th Ragin' Cajuns Fall to 7th

[CajunRage]

A result of recruiting power hitters and asking them to bunt. It goes against their nature and ruins everthing the did well in highschool.

If they can't bunt, they don't deserve to be on the field. We should be recruiting good baseball players who can execute every aspect of the game. A lot of good a power hitter who can't bunt is against a stiff wind, runners on 1st and 2nd, no outs, and down 1 run.

[Dad04]

Who went on the road and found Lucroy, Farquhar, Hick, Laughter, Hawkins, Solich, Glass, Benzel, Gisclair, Fernandez, Beck, Van DeKerre, Logan, Alexander, Casbon, Hatfield, etc? The list is long. They didn't just show up one day. This has been a year of rebuilding and replacing some key parts of the puzzle with younger players. Actually we have bunted better this year than in the recent past.

[Turbine]

I have seen some really good bunts this year.

It is the hit after the sacrifice that has been slim pickens.

jmo

[CajunRage]

I have seen some really good bunts this year.

It is the hit after the sacrifice that has been slim pickens.

jmo

I guess my point is that everyone wants us to get rid of small ball and start playing guerrilla ball, and that's not the right direction to go. Yes, we need to be able to put on a hitting clinic against sunbelt pitching, but when we get to the postseason and are facing #1 draft picks from Rice, we need to be able to execute the little things. Good pitching always beats good hitting. You overcome that by manufacturing runs, not waiting for the long ball.

[Dad04]

_ I have seen some really good bunts this year.

It is the hit after the sacrifice that has been slim pickens.

jmo _

A very good point. We have moved and stranded alot of runners. How good were Lucroy, Tatford and others, knocking guys in?

Baseball is baseball. Good pitching beats good hitting, if you hit, throw and catch the ball yourself.