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Aristotelian Hangout Grand Counsel

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based on that and the link at the bottom, sometimes bunts are ok. I bet the situations where bunts are ok increase a lot when you have a sub 200 hitter at the plate.

As it turned out, Pena got a base hit. If we were going to bunt, AJ would have been the out to give up.

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