My head almost exploded when Billy H - batting 9th - got to 1st base and they had leadoff hitter Peraza sac bunt him to 2nd base. So fucking dumb.
Take 2 pitches and Billy is standing on 3rd. No reason to give up an out there.
That's some Dusty Baker shit right there.
There should be a gameshow where they take the worst managers in baseball & run them through hypothetical situations & ask them how they'd handle it.
James the host: "The best base-stealer in the game is sitting on first base with no outs, you've got the top of the order at the plate, how are you going to handle it?"
Jim Riggleman: "James, I'm bunting him over right away, no question about it in my mind!"
Buck Showalter: "James there's only one way to handle this, I'm going to wait until my guy at the plate gets to an 0-2 count, then I'm going to ask him to try to lay down a bunt on the next pitch that's going to be way outta the strikezone."
Aaron Boone: "I'm not gonna make any call here, James, I'm just going to bitch at the homeplate ump from the dugout about the wide strikezone he's had against us all game. Maybe I'll get ejected & it fires up my guys."
Ned Yost: "Don't think there's any two ways about this, James, I'm just going to stare straight ahead, look as confused as possible, & then after the at-bat is over I'm going to think about what I should have done."
@Robbie Hart
@Hauler 
@mysticmac
