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Originally Posted by JDOldSchool
"Designed to be played" according to whom? I absolutely depise this ridiculous "they play the right way" argument because it's usually referring to crappy offensive teams who don't play the right way because the right way to play is to score runs. Twins baseball is not the optimal run-producing machine and it goes beyond just not having the best players.
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There you go JDOldSchool
according to "whom".
I cant make a good argument against most of your thoughts because they are such an elementary way of thinking. Most of you probably watch the game, have never played the game and think you are an expert. In reality, baseball is a strategic game that requires more then swinging a bat and hitting home runs.
I can't make a good argument against any of you, simply because you dont "get it"
When the 3 of you figure out that baseball(actually having an opponent trying to disrupt you from scoring runs) is different than bowling.(where your direct competition is the pins(knocking then down), FOLLOWED by beating your opponent, you might understand what I am saying. Your strategy would work wonderfully if you didnt have an opponent. In reality, baseball is a game with 2 teams on the field both trying their hardest to stop the opponent from scoring runs. It is not always possible to just score runs how you want to(home runs) and a lot of times you NEED to use "crappy strategy" to win.
I never once made the argument that over the course of the year you wouldnt score more runs by not bunting or moving runners. I will argue that you would win less games playing that way.
If you are facing Johan Santana and you get the leadoff guy on. You will have few chances that game to score, when you get a chance to get him in scoring position with 1 out, you are much better off then trying to piece together 2 more hits against a pitcher that gives up a batting average of less then .200. Niether is a great situation, but the chances are better of having 1 hit with 2 outs remaining OVER trying to get 2 hits with 3 outs remaining. You can agree or disagree but the simple fact is, this strategy wont score you as many runs but will lead to more success on the field ESPECIALLY against great pitchers.