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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
Why was it a bad call by Scioscia, especially with Aybar at the play. Because it didn't work? It was a disgraceful lack of execution by Aybar on a great pitch to bunt. Blaming the manager for a guy not making contact on a bunt in that situation is silly. It was obvious from the first 2 pitches and even the pitch he "attemped" to bunt that they werent giving him much to hit and would have walked him to set up the double play with the painfully slow Anderson coming up. Of course the fact that the Angels had no lefthander in the bullpen to face a lefthanded batter in the 9th was something that the "blame the manager" crowd always overlooks.
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To defend this call is to completely ignore momentum and its effects on this game. All Aybar had to do was hit the ball somewhere and the Angels win. Even if he struck out or popped out, Figgins, who's red hot, is on deck. The risk overwhelmingly outweighed the reward. But you've become the biggest curmudgeon on this board, so I'd expect an argument from you. If I told you the sun rose in the east, you'd tell me it actually came from the north northeast.