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Originally Posted by Leatherfut
As a strategy note, hit and run is generally when a man is on first and you want to get him into scoring position. My thinking is, "I'm hoping for a hit, but I expect a ground out, getting the runner to second." Hit and run with two outs isn't very good strategy.
Regarding the squeeze play: I've done this quite a bit too and it seems pretty realistic to me. Probably half the time it results in a sacrifice bunt, sometimes a missed bunt or popped up.
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In real life the Mets 'only' hit and run with one or no outs and only a runner on first. Under Manuel's regime they do it more than most teams, but mostly only with slow hitters in an effort to avoid double plays. With fast hitters they do straight steals, though nowhere near as often as they did under Randolph.
My experience with the suicide squeeze is that the most common result is runner out at home, at bat continues. With the safety squeeze the most common result is bunt single, runner holds.