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Bunting question
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Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:10 amby Knerrpool
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?
Posted:
Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:56 amby RICHARDMILTER
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.
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Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:20 amby artie4121
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
Posted:
Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:05 pmby CHARLESBELL
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.
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Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:19 pmby RICHARDMILTER
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.
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Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:51 pmby scorehouse
i've had leadoff hitters out trying to bunt?
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:28 pmby artie4121
[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?
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Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:16 amby coyote303
There [b:3b6140917e]is[/b:3b6140917e] bunting for basehits in the CDROM game and in TSN.
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Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:04 amby voovits
Check out this post on the strategy message board regarding bunting for a hit.
http://forums.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=567231
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Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:22 pmby MARCPELLETIER
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.