Casilla can fly (Can't bunt)

[Tx Oriole]

Casilla's not even a good enough hitter to have an excuse, but I think even the best hitters in the game should be able to bunt at any given moment...this is the reason we almost never see squeeze plays happen, because the world's greatest players cannot bunt to save their life...

Unless the ball is literally not within your wing span, you should never not make contact with a ball when asked to bunt in a squeeze situation...if you practice bunting enough, you can get the bat on any ball no matter how fast it moves or how much it breaks...

Think about it this way, if you are at all a decent baseball player, do you believe that anyone could throw a ball within your reach that moves so fast or so much that you couldn't catch it or at least get a glove on it? I hope the answer is "no"...because it should be...

It's no different with a bat, as long as you spend a little time working on it...if I were Buck, I'd sit Casilla down for a minimum of two games and make sure he knows why...

I believe you are overreacting. IMO

[CA-ORIOLE]

Back in the day I recall Paul Blair as reputably being one of the best bunters in the league. His career success percentage on sac bunts .... 57%.

[El Gordo]

Back in the day I recall Paul Blair as reputably being one of the best bunters in the league. His career success percentage on sac bunts .... 57%.

Casilla's career ave. on sac bunts is 56%.

[ShaneDawg85]

We should've just kept Andino.

Yes, the same Robert Andino who has a sub .500 OPS.

[crissfan172]

Location-wise, I thought it was a good pitch to bunt, but he was throwing a 2-seamer that was moving everywhere, so I can understand why he whiffed on it. Bunting, in general, is not that tough, but when you're trying to bunt something that's moving as much as his fastball was, it's gotta be pretty damn hard.

[SrMeowMeow]

I still can't wrap my head around the fact that we attempted a suicide squeeze with runners on second and third and one out. Casilla probably just couldn't believe it was actually happening and had an absent seizure like I did (while driving!).

[Barnaby Graves]

I hate the bunt and I think Buck uses it way too often.

[CA-ORIOLE]

Casilla's career ave. on sac bunts is 56%.

Almost as good as Paul Blair.

[mark_beckens]

It's not really a physical mistake...it is not practicing something that should be routine..

Gotta know, how you know he don't?

[sfosfan]

You mean the Andino who's hitting .172/.200/.241 for the Mariners?

Not the easiest pitch to bunt, but that was poor. I still think Casilla's an asset.

:agree:

[El Gordo]

Almost as good as Paul Blair.

Clearly Blair didn't practice enough. :rolleyestf:

[CA-ORIOLE]

Clearly Blair didn't practice enough. :rolleyestf:

Yeah, never figured Paul Blair for a slacker and Mark Belanger was only 68%. Below average for his era. Pretty pathetic.

[GoldGlove21]

I hate the bunt and I think Buck uses it way too often.

I think that teams lose games because they do not tack on runs one at a time and always try for big innings, which allow opponents to get back in the game. I liked the sac bunt call. If he lays that bunt down the runner on third scores easily and that makes sportscenter. Maybe next time that situation arrises the third baseman, pitcher and catcher have an additional thought upstairs.

[Tx Oriole]

Gotta know, how you know he don't?

Good question.

[JimDH]

Back in the day I recall Paul Blair as reputably being one of the best bunters in the league. His career success percentage on sac bunts .... 57%.

One night Blair bunted for a hit and after the game he was quoted to say something like "I can do that 7 times out of 10 when they give it to me." Next day the Evening Sun headlines "Blair says he can hit .700"