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Bunting?
2006-07-13 07:49
by Bob Timmermann

Dan Levitt looks at bunting empirically at Baseball Analysts. If you wish to skip all the math, Levitt believes that managers don't try to bunt and sacrifice nearly as often as we perceive it.

On the other hand, Maury Wills in Orange County Register thinks there should be bunts for everybody!

Sometimes I think Maury is like my parents who refused to buy a color TV set until the late 1970s because they weren't sure if the technology would catch on.

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2006-07-13 10:00:39
1.   Xeifrank
I don't like "non pitcher / Neifi Perez" bunts unless it's the 8th inning on. And even then, I tend to cringe. vr, Xei
2006-07-13 19:16:30
2.   Adam B
The authors of The Books have some criticism: http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/article/empirical_analysis_of_bunting/

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