What is it About Bunts?

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Hawaiian Shirt Friday: 02/29/08
Published 2/29/2008 by TD at Rain Delay
... to put him on the Major League Roster. He’s the Mariners top Catching prospect - and has already been told that if he doesn’t win the starting gig (which wont happen with Kenji Johjima in his way) he’ll start back in Triple A this year. Mets closer Billy Wagner got his big girl panties in a wad earlier this week when a Vanderbilt player laid down a bunt against him during an exhibition game. (Hat Tip goes to ...

The Art of Bunting
Published 3/20/2008 by Dave Rouleau at Baseball Digest Daily
... are statistically uncommon. For example, if there is a 2% chance that the third baseman will field the bunt and throw it up the first base line, that has a huge impact on the calculations, even though it is only a 2% chance. It seems to me that the argument against the bunt is unpersuasive unless you account for the entire range of reasonably common outcomes. ... We are in danger of replacing one dogma with another. And the analysis is not strong enough to justify that. - David Pinto reacts to the bizarre response to bunting in Spring Training. ...