Bunt attempt by Michigan player irks Mets' Wagner

• allonthefield

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  So why are you not allowed to bunt in an exhibition? Is that some sort of "unwritten" unwritten rule?

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  • Evil Empire

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    I think the rule is, Wagner doesn't have to play defense in exhibition games.

    Posted 2/28/2008 [reply] [flag]

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Links: Yesterday’s Game vs. Univ. of Mich.
Published 2/27/2008 by Matthew Cerrone at MetsBlog.com
... Also in Newsday, according to David Lennon, “Billy Wagner nearly started a beanball war with the University of Michigan after one overzealous Wolverine tried to bunt on him in the fourth inning.” ...

Read: Yeserday’s Game vs. Univ. of Mich.
Published 2/27/2008 by Matthew Cerrone at MetsBlog.com
... Also in Newsday, according to David Lennon, “Billy Wagner nearly started a beanball war with the University of Michigan after one overzealous Wolverine tried to bunt on him in the fourth inning.” ...

Hope Springs Internally
Published 2/27/2008 by py at Rakin' & Slashin'
... DWright and Moises Alou tried to carry this team through September. I wouldn't worry about either of them come crunch time. Alou is just a pro, we all know that. Keeping him healthy, well that's another story. Jose is going through growing pains, but I get the idea last season taught him a lesson he won't soon forget. Duaner Sanchez is back and is probably another one who learned a valuable lesson last year. Billy Wagner is already being himself, almost starting a beanball war with the U of M baseball team (calm down Billy, save it for when it ...

Mets' Martinez must prove he's healthy for new contract
Published 2/27/2008 by Eddie D'Anna at SILive: Ya Gotta Believe
... this fan wants to see how he holds up in '08 before talking extension. Ya gotta believe Mets in the news * Hope Aaron Heilman's in good voice. The reliever's gotta sing the Michigan fight song after giving up a run in an exhibition against the college's baseball team. Don't know what I like less, the fact that Heilman's gotta make like an "American Idol" contestant or the fact that he coughed up a run against a bunch of kids. * And what was with Billy Wagner getting all bent out of shape after some college kid tried to bunt on him? Jeez, Billy, take a chill ...

Billy Goat's Gruff and other nonsense
Published 2/27/2008 by Itsmetsforme at It's Mets For Me: Off-Beat, Tangentially Relevant Mets Ruminations
... In their return to action, the Mets heroically eeked out a tie with collegian opponents. Billy Goat Wagner got another opportunity to display his classiness when a student-athlete tried to bunt, a play allowed under the rules of baseball: ...

SPORTSTALKNY TONIGHT AT 9PM
Published 2/27/2008 by kranepool at Kranepool Society :: A New York Mets Blog
... Got to admit the kid has a pair of balls trying to drop a bunt down the line, but I hope Wags has this same feeling when the Mets play the Phillies, Braves and Highlanders. ...

Billy Wagner Resists Urge To Plunk College Player
Published 2/27/2008 by Matt Sussman at SPORTSbyBROOKS
NEWSDAY uncovers a fantastic quote from Billy Wagner regarding the Mets’4-4 tie with the Michigan Wolverines. Apparently the closer was thisclose to chuckin’ one high and hard at UM batter Kevin Cislo . Cislo was attempting to bunt with one out and a runner at second base, and that was enough for Wagner to go into a tizzy. Later he told reporters “If he got that bunt down, I would have drilled the next guy […] Play to win against Villanova.” The Wolverines had just come off a three-game sweep of Villanova, so no, they can’t beat them again. How can anyone fault college ...

Billy Wagner Has No Bones About Beaning a College Kid
Published 2/27/2008 by Matt P at The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae
... Grapefruit League exhibition against a college team or no, Billy Wagner doesn't mind uncorking a beanball if someone dares cross him. With the Mets facing Michigan today, Wolverines centerfielder Kevin Cislo tried to drop a bunt on a Wagner pitch, but it went foul. How'd the aging closer react? Very, very calmly of course. ...

Country Time’s Twisted Sense Of Baseball Etiquette Already In Mid-Season Form
Published 2/28/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... on Tuesday, with their closer taking particular umbrage at….having to come off the mound to field a bunt? From Newsday’s David Lennon : ...

Whaddya Call The Rays Bullpen?
Published 2/28/2008 by Brian at Fenway, Flushing and the House that Ruth Built
... Billy Wagner - never one to shy away from expressing his opinion, Wagner has mostly backed up his open persona as solid back end to a recently historically weak part of the Mets roster. He's been having a little more trouble staying fresh all the way to September for the last two years, and he's not going to blow you away with a 100+ mph heater anymore. What he can provide, though, is a solid fastball change-up combo, a good mentoring influence to the younger relievers, and a beanball for Wolverine, Kevin Cislo . Mariano Rivera - turns out the soon-to-be 38 year old *IS* ...

Quick hits for your enjoyment
Published 2/28/2008 by Jeff Zillgitt at Sports Scope
... . There's no timetable for this return. ... Michigan baseball players learned it's not a good idea to bunt against Mets pitcher Billy Wagner in an exhibition game. "If he got that bunt down, I would have drilled the next guy," Wagner said. "Play to win against Villanova." ... In wake of Kelvin Sampson's buyout at Indiana, school officials have ...

Stay Classy Billy Wagner
Published 2/28/2008 by Alex Whiteleather at MVN Outsider
... he got that bunt down, I would have drilled the next guy,” Wagner said. “Play to win against Villanova.” That’s real classy of a professional athlete getting all up in arms about a college kid trying to bunt off him. If Wagner couldn’t handle this situation it’s no wonder he’s blown so many games the last few years and he fits in with that clubhouse that produced one of the most epic collapses in history. Check out the story at Newsday.com

The Roundup: Python Devours Chihuahua
Published 2/28/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... and this should surprise nobody, because two years ago, he’s the one who got George on the phone and got him to say Torre was getting fired when the Yankees were losing to the Tigers in the deciding game of the postseason; days later Georgie cooled off and didn’t fire Torre. (NYDN) Good read - Tim Wakefield takes to the skies. (A Large Regular) Billy Wagner, waging (a beanball?) war with some kids from the University of Michigan. (Newsday) Red Sox do the White House, and GWB clowns Manny. (Boston Sportsz) Is ...