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Pretty harsh to blame the kid for this one.
When he sees the batter bunting, he has to go. At that point there's really no reason not to.
What if Bautista had just been faking the bunt to draw the corners in and give him a better chance of punching one through the infield on a subsequent pitch? If Bixler takes off there, he's meat. At the very least, he has to wait to see if Bautista gets the bunt down before breaking for home, costing him more time (and remember he's already got one strike against him because he hasn't taken that extra step or two on his secondary lead).
There's too much finesse in a squeeze to make it purely a reaction play. That's just poor coaching, in my opinion.
And Bixler may have had no idea about this. He was just called up to replace Jack Wilson.
Keerist, it's like having Lloyd back again.
I didn't mind the bunt, I don't think the odds are better that Bautista will hit a sacrifice fly vs. being successful with a bunt.
He made a decent bunt yesterday that could have worked.
This is a terrible quote, especially for a rookie manager. Russell effectively said, "It's Bixler's fault that we lost." No manager worth his salt ever says that in public about one of his players. So far, off to a bad start, Russell. Some things never change in Pittsburgh, I guess...
"Sometimes, such as when the Pirates did it successfully in the season opener in Atlanta -- with Bautista batting and Nady running -- each receives a signal from third base coach Tony Beasley.
Neither had a signal this time.
'Jose went on his own,' Beasley said. 'And it's up to Bix to read the play.'
Beasley also took some blame himself, as he did not react to the bunt, either.
Once Bautista was tagged out, he looked over his shoulder to see Bixler still at third and was visibly displeased."
Anybody think the Pirates baserunning manual says the third base coach is supposed to watch a play unfold, then look back to see where the runner is? Anyone think maybe the base coach should have said something to Bixler to remind the rookie that a squeeze was part of the available options?
Do we see any reason why Beasley was out there?
I know, but in the article it says that he was actually still in major league camp this spring when they were practicing this stuff.
That's Bautista who looked back to see where the runner was after being tagged out.
I agree with this. What is the point of having base coaches if you are going to let the batter try a squeeze play at his discretion and rely on the runner reacting to it?
The other Pittsburgh paper actually has a responsible quote from Beasley:
"It was a good idea, but it caught us off-guard," Pirates third base coach Tony Beasley said. "Bix wasn't ready. To be honest, I wasn't ready for it myself. If anyone is to blame, it has to be me."
The Pirates employ some sort of "discretion of the batter" suicide?
Watching, I first figured Bixler missed a sign, then thought he just didn't get a good jump. Either way, I was thanking Bixler for the win.
Now I guess I should be thanking Bautista.
Nah. The Midwest League is a pitchers' league. This was more like a Cal League game.
EDIT: Or a Pioneer League game.
-- MWE
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