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by **Knerrpool** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:10 am

Maybe a dumb question...

Is bunting (i.e. "bunt more" on the card, and "bunting" in manager strategy) only sacrifice bunting, or is it also bunting for a base hit?

by **RICHARDMILTER** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:56 am

This is NOT a dumb question. It is an excellent question. For TSN Strat purposes it is a sacrifice bunt. However, the computer rules do take into account batters bunting ability and speed, and bunts for hits can occasionally be had. But unless you are in a 60 million dollar league with a small ball team I do not think you want to be bunting a whole bunch. Good luck, and always ask questions.

by **artie4121** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:20 am

To clarify, despite our settings "bunt more," etc., if a guy has speed and good bunting ability, HAL will get him bunting more for basehits on its own.

I assume this is correct.

It WOULD be good to have a setting "bunt for basehit more."

Artie

by **CHARLESBELL** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:05 pm

I could be wrong, but there is no bunting for base hits in strat. Bunting is always intended as a sacrifice or squeeze play. The results of a bunt can sometimes (rarely) be a base hit, but HAL will not order up a bunt in an attempt to get a hit. The reason for that is that bunt hits are included in the chance to hit, so some percentage of a player's singles chances came from bunt base hits.

by **RICHARDMILTER** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:19 pm

For the most part you are correct. However, with the CD-ROM ( and I think the super advanced cards and dice game) you can actually try to bunt for a hit. But for our purposes here, we can not really decide to bunt for hits. But batters who bunt well, can get hits occasionally.

by **scorehouse** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:51 pm

i've had leadoff hitters out trying to bunt?

by **artie4121** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:28 pm

[quote:d5a393259f]i've had leadoff hitters out trying to bunt? [/quote:d5a393259f]

Me too. A bunch. Maybe Bernie can clear this up, and have a more clear description in Strategy "Bunt more for basehits" perhaps?

by **coyote303** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:16 am

There [b:3b6140917e]is[/b:3b6140917e] bunting for basehits in the CDROM game and in TSN.

by **voovits** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:04 am

Check out this post on the strategy message board regarding bunting for a hit.

http://forums.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=567231

by **MARCPELLETIER** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:22 pm

Anyone notice that Bernie changed the settings so we read now:

sac bunt more
don't sac bunt

So it does not affect the "bunt for a hit" setting.

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