We at BYB have a bit of a reputation for loathing the bunt. A reputation we cherish and cultivate. There are few plays more annoying than a manager calling for a bunt to move a runner over. Generally you’re trading an out for only a moderate improvement in run scoring probability. And because so few hitters are skilled in the peppery arts these days, even reasonable attempts to bunt to foil a shift, for example, are often doomed to ruin. However, one of the great contradictions is that there are few plays as fun, as deliriously joyful, as a perfect bunt laid down with skill in the right situation.
Detroit Tigers News: Long live the bunt!
