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@@calebwhitetheawoken What is "reading class"? Lmao. Did you have a special course that you had to take because you couldn't keep up with the rest of the children?
@@_Jake.From.Statefarm_ Did you not have reading class? And you never even heard about it? Like... did they not tell you about it? At all?! Man... that really sucks Jake. I mean, it is bad to fail a class and only get the participation ribbon. But for them to not even tell you about it, because they ran out of participation ribbons and knew they couldn't give you anything when you failed the class... that just sucks.
i won a hell of a lot of high school games with bunts...drove the parents crazy...we worked on stealing and running behind fielders...it just drives the defense crazy...it turns into a flood
@@Jarodactyl Basically the pinnacle of what you did here: the 1987 Cardinals hit only 72 home runs, but filled their lineup with speedsters like Ozzie Smith and Vince Coleman and contact hitters such as Terry Pendleton and Willie McGhee; plus defenders across the field, in a slight pitcher’s park, with a pitch-to-contact staff. As a result, they won the NL East with a 95-67 record and went all the way to Game 7 of the World Series before losing to the Twins.
@@Jarodactyl The 1986 Cardinals were even more extreme, but finished 79-82. They were last in runs scored, hits, homers, doubles, total bases and all three slash stats. However, they were first in stolen bases, second in triples and fewest batter’s strikeouts. The pitching staff was last in strikeouts but allowed the fewest walks with an average home run rate. Talk about all defense and no offense 😂
Bunting is more than just a sacrifice hit done by bad hitter. Great hitters also use the bunt to catch the defense off guard. If a defense is playing too far back or the shift is on for said batter, a perfectly placed bunt can get them on base or even a double in some cases. It's also a common hitting move for speedsters to get on base with an infield hit.
As a Guards fan, this was basically their 2022 season. Which got them to the post-season so I guess it worked out. Also, watching Jose Ramirez bunt with bases loaded was just pain.
this was a very pleasing video considering how my high school baseball team played. Barely 13 kids on a varsity division 3 program but still managed to win a majority of our games by playing small ball. We even managed to get 14 wins in a row out of our 20 game season
It reminds me of when I was playing MVP Baseball 2003 on my PS2 and I realized the way "good" pitchers worked was they threw fewer strikes. So I stopped swinging with less than 2 strikes, and facing Kevin Brown (one of the best pitchers in the game), I drew 23 consecutive walks.
shows that knowledge of the subject matter is important for making a game play as intended. if you're making a baseball video game you should know that strikes arent bad pitches, and balls arent good pitches
Granted I never did anything in baseball, but I was good enough to get a tryout from the Reds because of my speed. I was fast, so fast most semi pro teams couldn't throw me out on a routine play, it took something heroic, which as you said, also led to some catastrophic errors sending me to third. If I wasn't already on third, I was such a disruption either the next batter would get easy stuff to hit from a distracted pitcher or I'd steal second and third. My specialty, was the slow roller to third batting left, essentially a full swing bunt, but I could bunt for hits off junk pitches either way as well. I could also just bend over to give them no strike zone and watch. A walk would put me on third just as easily. Eventually they would get wise. When teams would creep in, then I could swing away. A power hit for me got over the infielders. A fly to the infield dirt when they were inside the bag worked just as well. I could confuse them and bat right. When they would put an opposite field shift on, I got an inside the park down the right field line. I was close to the embodiment of your strategy. Why didn't I go further? I was 5'8" 117 pounds as an adult, no power at all, and while I could run under anything in the field, the return throw was only strong enough to get to the infielders.
I'm so glad you did this! Great job. I coached high school baseball and one day we were being shut down by a huge fireball pitcher, so I order my famous Bunt Attack! Bunt for a hit, stole second, sac to third, squeeze him in, WE WIN!
A real baseball team could do a number of things to prevent this from working such as: pickoffs, pitchouts throwing pitches high and inside or playing defenders in to protect the bunt. Just a little spoiler alert
Yeah, they would do all those things. And a smart team would then exploit the weaknesses that that presented, taking lots of walks, among other things. Also, pitch-outs always have the danger of errors. It's just a little thought experiment, but it's a clever one. It would be interesting to mix it in with some free swinging to screw up the defense. I recall how Orel Hershiser would fake a bunt, and slap the ball over or past the charging infielders, causing havoc. (oh, damn, I'm old!)
Who knew I’d say this about a 6min baseball video game bunting video, but this is the best video on the internet. The highs(scoring and executing the perfect plan), the lows(giving up runs and the absolute rage from it) and perfect nick names Good Will Bunting and the Crocodile Bunter! Lmao you win. Idk what it is but you win.
Reminds me of playing Joe Montana Football on the Sega. Every offensive play was a strong side Sweep, every defensive play was a punt return. The game just couldn’t adjust to having that much tonnage on the line for EVERY play. Every field goal attempt or extra point was a fake. Every Kickoff was an onside kick, but I would kick it at full strength. It constantly put players in places on the field that the computer couldn’t anticipate
I love the idea of using this strategy against Tony LaRussa. "Ok, hear me out. They've bunted 36 times in a row, but that was to lull us into a fall sense of security. Play the infield DEEP and--- zzzz" *Falls asleep*
To make baseball fun to watch, 2 things need to happen. 1) No homeruns - The ball must be in the field of play. 2) Teams pitch to themselves - This means that you will get the pitch you want every time. These 2 sound stupid but hear me out please. This takes the game away from hit and miss sluggers and power pitchers who keep hitting batters, and gives it to precise pitchers and placement hitters. This also puts the defense into motion on every at bat. No more standing around while the pitcher and catcher play pass.
My classic MLB 2K06 move. Usually scored 5 or so, put an emphasis on stealing second on the first pitch and then a bunt on the second. A lot of sacrifice bunts that if the throw was late to home lended itself to some big innings
If I was in the stands and my team was doing that, I'd be happy they were winning, but I'm already making my way to the parking lot. "$20 beers for this?" 😂😂
Bunting like this worked great in the NES Major League baseball game back in the day. Now that I think about it, maybe that inspired a lot of my bunting in little league. It was super easy to get on base this way and stealing was also super easy, at least through 8th grade. Way easier at 60ft I'm sure, but still fun.
This is what I do in my franchise mode, I like pitching in the show but when I need some insurance runs I usually leadoff bunt to get someone on and then steal to get RISP and get said insurance runs
My game-breaker in MVP Baseball 2005 (PC version) was to have a fast lefty leadoff hitter who would do nothing but push bunts down the 3B line. I started with Ichiro, but later moved on to a game-generated player. In 3 seasons, I got him to 1246 hits and 1104 stolen bases. His career batting average was .543, and he had a 150 game hit streak. OK, I didn't always have him bunt. Sometimes if he already had a hit in the game I would swing away, so he had 14 HR, 15 2B, and 12 3B in those 3 seasons. I wish I could still play that game, but it won't work on newer graphics cards.
I feel like if this happened IRL, whatever team did it would be the most hated baseball team in history, even more if they win the World Series. Which is why I love this. This feels like the plot to one of those ridiculous sports comedy movies of the 90s. You know, the type where a kid becomes a team owner, or a gecko plays at 1st base.
In grade 3 we had a super informal recess/after school league organized by, well, me and my friends and I started utilizing a similar strategy. Good times.
First, you have to be able to actually bunt with consistency and control. I was able to bunt fairly well from both sides of the plate, but it was no guarantee to success.
The computer magically hitting home runs or making you walk its batters is why I've never gotten into video game baseball since the days of Micro League.
This is fantastic. If the Dodgers did this in the post season, once they realized they were striking out and weren't hitting, they would have beat San Diego. They had the speed to pull it off.
Only problem with this is after the opposing team realizes you will only be bunting no matter what, they will all play close to home plate to field the bunts. Heck, if you were so set on bunting, I'm sure the outfielders would be brought in too, or at least very close to the infield. Although a game is different.
That works until the 3rd batter and the defense realizes it’s a bunt fest, at which point they start sending the infield in to mess up your whole day! It’s a good strategy tho, used in the early 1900’s and the occasional great manager.
This reminds me of the story about Vivek Ranadive and the neverending full court press in basketball. It breaks the game well enough that people lose their minds over it if you do it in real life. 🙂
Looks like the AI fielders don't start charging until after the bunt is laid down, instead of charging once the batter squares to bunt. A critical oversight that makes all the difference in the world as the video shows.
somebody mentioned the ‘87 Cardinals and that is all well and good but now I want to see some crazy bold, ambitious, gutsy ML manager actually do it for real, commit to an all bunt game, and see what happens for real, even if it all goes down in flames in real life. Imo the manager would have to have the whole team informed and on board with the idea so that hopefully a disgruntled one doesn’t decide to go against the call and bat like regular. But yah I’d definitely love to see a major league team do it in real life for real just for the shits and giggles of it and for the hilarious media firestorm it would generate for about a week or two after.
