A mistake

by RCoiner on Oct 11, 2008 12:23 AM EDT

Red Sox vs Tampa Bay AL playoffs October 10th.....bottom 7th inning...Boston 1 Tampa Bay 0.

Rays batting...runners on 1st and 3rd...1 out ...WHY NOT BUNT?

Give up the out,,, to tie the game. WHY NOT??? WHY NOT???.

The coach may ask that same question as they approach the seventh game, if it goes that far.

I'm not a coach, but in the 7th inning and down by one run, I would take that chance.. It's hard to make a double play on a bunt.

I have never second guessed a coach until tonight

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Because one run doesn't win the game. We needed more than that. We would have lost anyway.

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by Tyler on Oct 11, 2008 12:29 AM EDT reply actions

Because we're playing for more than one run?

by R.J. Anderson on Oct 11, 2008 12:29 AM EDT reply actions

This makes very little sense.

J.K.L.

by Aaron Campeau on Oct 11, 2008 2:00 AM EDT reply actions

Sac Bunts are dumb.

Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.

by P Brady on Oct 11, 2008 9:07 AM EDT reply actions

Not in situations where one run is more important than scoring mutiple runs. Very late in games, it can be worth it. We needed more than one run.

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by Tyler on Oct 11, 2008 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions

The mistake is CC not running on Bay

THat was a total choke job

by matthan on Oct 11, 2008 9:07 AM EDT reply actions

You act like it wouldn't have been extremely close.

by R.J. Anderson on Oct 11, 2008 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions

Based on where Bay was at and where CC was when he bluffed, I don't think it would have been close. He would have been thrown out by a good 10 feet most likely.

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by Tyler on Oct 11, 2008 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions

The point is we have to force them to make a play. We were producing no offense up to that point, and we produced zero offense after that. We knew they had Papelbon as their ace in the hole. FOley had to know that we weren’t going to have many opportunities left.

Bays throw was way off, but that may be due to the bluff. I give it a 50/50 shot at scoring right there. A 50/50 shot right there is probably better odds than someone driving him in.

Either way I’d rather lose playing aggressive than lose playing passive. Force them to beat you.

by matthan on Oct 11, 2008 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions