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Originally Posted by DCG12
I was just over at Baseball Reference to check out last nights box scores and noticed a blurb at the top of the page about this being the anniversary of Jackie Robinsons first game. There was a link to the PbP and boxscore so I was scrolling through it and noticed this tidbit, trailing 1-0 in the 5th the Braves get a runner on first with 0 out. Braves manager Billy Southworth (4 time NL pennant winner, 2 time WS winner and winner of 100 games 3 times and 90+ 6 times) has his pitcher bunt the runner to 2nd. He then has the leadoff hitter bunt him to 3rd. The #2 hitter rewards him with a base hit to tie things.
If this happened in OOTP some people would be screaming about how NOBODY bunts twice in a row with 0 outs and WHY move a runner in scoring postion to 3rd.
I think we get too caught up in trying to make every play in OOTP make absolute sense to OUR way of thinking and not allowing for other ways of approaching the game
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This is not necessarily an example of the manager calling for a sac bunt by the leadoff hitter. For all we know Culler was attempting to bunt for a hit. Plus this is the 1950's. I am never comparing current day managers to what managers did 60 years ago.
Also, if I was trying to make the AI make sense to "my way of thinking" I would complain every time it sac bunts. I want it to make sense compared to what is realistic in today's real MLB, with all of its idiosyncrosies.