It is a tie game and your team slugger (avg .243, 49HRs) is at bat.
.You only need one more run to win....Now here's the question:
Will you have your slugger bunt and squeeze the winning run?
Or, will you have your slugger to swing the bat no matter what?
2006-10-07 03:34:18 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
.243 batting average with 49 hrs. means he doesnt make a lot of contact. with 49 hrs. he aint bunting thats for damn sure. it also means he strikes out a whole lot of the time. but with the 49 hr. means he is a serious power hitter and he will hit the ball somewhere in the outfield should he make contact. im still wondering how does a guy whos batting average is .243 have 49 hrs? statistically its possible and likely. but if his average is that low that means he doesnt have a lot of rbi's or a lot of hits in general. just means he hits a lot of solo hrs and not many of them with runners on or in clutch situations.
2006-10-07 03:55:33 · answer #1 · answered by originalitybygeorge 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How capable a hitter is the man that bats behind him in the lineup? How good is my slugger at squeeze bunting? The answer to these two questions would have a bearing on my decision on what to do with my slugger. I'm assuming if he only batted .243 during the season and he's a power hitter he strikes out a lot. Without knowing the answer to the first two questions and assuming that the infield is playing in to prevent the runner from scoring on a ground ball I would let him swing away maybe he gets a base hit, homer, or sacrifice fly and we win the game that way.
2006-10-07 03:56:09 · answer #2 · answered by Brent 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
swing away.
Only when managers try to think too much do crazy things happen--like doubling up the third out at first base because the slugger trips and falls because he is trying to "hustle" down to first base.
Or the slugger pops the ball up because he can't bunt right. The catcher catches the ball and throws the runner out scrambling back to third.
2006-10-07 03:36:48 · answer #3 · answered by Teacher Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't have them suicide squeeze. I would have the batter swing away in hopes that he gets a fly ball far enough away out in the outfield for the player on 3rd to score (or even better, a basehit somewhere). If he swings away and doesn't come through, you still have a runner on 3rd with 2 outs instead of a possible out at the plate and only a runner at 1st (with the 2 outs).
2006-10-07 05:56:31 · answer #4 · answered by neenee379 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a good hitter might want to shorten up his swing, understanding that any outfield ball, even a medium length out, ends the international sequence. Double play threat is low, except on a short outfield fly, so the bunt idea makes no sense, till that's Ortiz on the plate (which regrettably it heavily isn't this twelve months) and they have the overshift on. I truly have considered him bunt effectively for a base hit in that concern.
2016-12-04 09:08:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have the slugger and squeze the winning run.
2006-10-07 03:39:42 · answer #6 · answered by chunnu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Swing, ground ball to right field.
2006-10-07 03:35:48 · answer #7 · answered by Skuya!!! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Show bunt, pull back, and swing.
2006-10-07 03:35:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm gonna get up and go pay $7 for a beer
2006-10-07 03:36:15 · answer #9 · answered by batgirlmeg 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It doesn't matter. He will be intentionally walked to set up the double play.
2006-10-07 03:42:24 · answer #10 · answered by Ron K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋