red sox paid Bill James for years as a consultant.
wow chessman is a fucking idiot
If only they hired Chessman maybe they would have had some success.
Possibly. Better than hiring some old European fag whom everyone dislikes, right?
You make a lot of assumptions. Also I think this is known as "projecting."Woke up after only 3 hours sleep to check out the thread. This can't be healthy,
I've had bets on college teams where the o/u if it existed might be 15 where in the top of the 1st with 2 men on the 3 hole hitter sac bunts. seen that 3 times. way to toss a struggling pitcher an out.
Hey asshole, you agree with him saying 3-4 times is a SEASON?
3-4 times a season seems a bit low since the AL pitchers have to hit in 6-9 games a year and bunting is correct in a handful of 9th inning situations where you need exactly one run, or possibly two runs (down 2 with 0 out in the b9, I could see a sac bunt being correct with runners on 1st and 2nd under the right conditions), but I guess since it requires a close game and the leadoff hitter(s) reaching, those situations don't come up too many times a year.
Either way a perfunctory analysis or simply reading the chapter in "the Book" will demonstrate why bunting is wrong in most circumstances that don't involve the 9th inning or the pitcher batting. Kind of funny that so many EOGers know that, while so many managers don't.
No I don't agree, a manager trying to maximize his chances of winning should probably do it 3-4 times in his career. Sac bunts are negatively correlated to runs scored.
Ha, Chess still thinking the sac bunt is a good play. Classic.
Oversimplification. What a shock. :hung
Tim, I'm really surprised at you. You don't think there are situations in which a sac bunt with 1st and 2nd and no outs is the correct move? This is stunning but you're not an idiot like Timely so I'll give you a pass on this.
Not oversimplification shitferbrains. Using the exact example in the original post as my guide. That would have been stupid as hell to bunt there, and you said they should have. Bottom line. You are an idiot and a nutcase and that was not a bunt situation.
You thought Joe Girardi should have bunted with the Yankees. Unless, as was said, there are pitchers up in the AL you shouldn't bunt in the AL. I guess playing for 1 in the 9th would be an OK time as well. Regardless, you've been proven to be an idiot once again.
Right. He hit into a DP and the Yankees scored ZERO runs for the rest of the game.
But this is good. I like that I'm eliciting profanity from you.
And you calling me "stupid" is absolutely hilarious. You know, they have websites that generate random IQ tests. If you want to challenge me, I'll obliterate you. Let me know.
Hundreds of millions of dollars at stake and these teams are blundering about 25 times (using Vizquel's stats as a rough benchmark) per year! They can't get this figured out. But a couple of idiots on a gambling forum know what to do! :LOL
Note he didn't accept my challenge. I knew you wouldn't Mr. 100 IQ. :LMAOOh my god. I knew you would fall right into that trap. Hook line and sinker. I knew you would go to the after the fact results card!!! And you did. Comical. Not sure what is funnier that you walked right into the trap, or that you are that comically stupid to think the result of a situation is more important than making the right play. This is a fun game. Winning never gets old.
We've posted numbers and facts to back up our side, while you jut tell us that Eric Wedge does it all the time and he's a big league manager so we're idiots.
Honestly, would you just kill yourself already and save the world from the misery of your existence?
Chessman would probably go get me an ice water if I tell him I will time him as easy as he walks into traps.
:LMAO
Note he didn't accept my challenge. I knew you wouldn't Mr. 100 IQ. :LMAO
Why don't you scrape together 20k and take my challenge, the Royalfan challenge and then you can find out how smart I am. Didn't think so.