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1. Boileryard Posted: April 14, 2008 at 04:46 AM (#2743244)I wonder if he's ever even attempted to bunt in any context.
Well, he has no SH, and I feel strangely confident that he's never tried to bunt for a single. Maybe he bunted once in a father-son game, though.
What I'm also getting at is I wonder if he's ever even been forced to do bunting drills.
And I really wouldn't be surprised if I heard he'd tried to bunt in his first couple of years up.
That was no bunt with the pillow on the TV ad last year. He was swinging for the fences with those kids.
Maybe I am getting senile......
If you are, then don't worry too much about what we think. You'll just be another Jack Keefe.
There are all quotes from Billy Martin to the St. Mark's Men's Club after he had been hired to manage the Twins:
"Every player will work on the little things that help you win ballgames - like bunting. Knowing the type of person Harmon Killebrew is, knowing he wants to win - yes, he'll bunt."
"Of course,that's when the situation calls for it, like the eighth or ninth inning with men on first and third and we're maybe ahead one run and want another to make it a little more comfortable."
"I don't want to take the bat out of Harmon's hands and wouldn't order the bunt when he's on a hot streak." "If I get fired, I want it to be this Dago's fault, nobody else's."
And finally: "We'll try anything to win - EVEN CHEATING."
Really, the only surprising thing is that during his years chasing batting titles, he never accidentally grounded to the right side, moved the runners over, and got a favorable mark from the scorer.
I dont think scorers ever give someone a sac for that play.
Really? I mean, I know they're not supposed to. But I figured there might have been a check swing or something like that.
Maybe I just have a low opinion of home team scorers and favors for the stars.
He was always a middle-of-the-order guy, batting between fourth and sixth after his callup. He didn't show as much power as expected in his first half-season with the Sox, but at Birmingham he hit .300 with power and a huge number of walks. That combination offered various ways to move runners over that are preferable to a sac bunt. His first major league hit was a triple, BTW.
You joke, but when Thomas was younger, he got regularly criticized in the press for not expanding his strike zone and trying to do things to move runners along and get them in. The Chicago media constantly accused him of being selfish and only caring about his own batting stats, as if he was the reason the Sox didn't win.
Giambi actually said much the same thing a while back, he's not looking for a walk, but for a pitch to drive. If it's outside the strike zone, and you can mash it, give it a try!
Thomas tried that sometimes. It always threw him into a slump until he went back to what made him successful.
Ted Williams heard the same thing.
Yes. Williams had the good sense to tell the press to go #### themselves, though.
I guarantee you that when it comes time, more than a couple of Chicago BBWAA members won't put him on their Hall ballot, because they'll forever see him as a problem.
That's another thing I like to stick by, even when playing rec ball. If a guy isn't good at something, and doesn't want to do it, don't ask him to do it. I remember in the playoffs, we had this guy always looking for HRs, in any game situation. Everyone was calling out to him to hit it on the ground to drive in the running. I chirped up, told him to relax and play his game - everyone quieted down, he torqued up and... popped it up to second and we lost.
Still stick by it though.
Mariotti has a Hall vote, doesn't he? I guaran-damn-tee you that he's not voting for Frank Thomas.
Not that he won't change his mind later.
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