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Ohiogal

(35,344 posts) Mon Apr 2, 2018, 07:45 AM Apr 2018

Bunting to beat the shift [View all]

On Sunday, Chance Sisco of the Baltimore Orioles dropped down a bunt to beat the shift vs. the Minnesota Twins with his team down seven runs in the bottom of the ninth, and the Twins were pretty darn angry about it, saying that the Orioles shouldn't have bunted in that situation. Anyone agree?

Personally, I think that the bunt was fine. You want to do anything you can to start a rally or keep your team in the game. If the Twins were claiming it is "disrespectful of the game", then why did they still even have the shift on?

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Bunting to beat the shift [View all] Ohiogal Apr 2018 OP

I don't see how they could be mad about that. Ohiya Apr 2018 #1

I just read Ohiogal Apr 2018 #2

It is legal.........end of story Angry Dragon Apr 2018 #3

Why were they in a shift... The Polack MSgt Apr 2018 #4

Agreed - PAMod Apr 2018 #7

baseball is baseball, complaining about this is pretty unbaseball-like beachbum bob Apr 2018 #5

I think the shift itself is disrespectful of the game. JayhawkSD Apr 2018 #6

I get the strategy. Still don't like the shift. kairos12 May 2018 #8