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Originally Posted by malor
Interesting thread.
I think everyone that responded confirmed why the play has quickly died as an everyday play in the real world. There are just too many things that have to go perfectly for it to be successful.
The statistics say it is better to just let the batter swing away in almost all cases with the odds of scoring the runner from third higher than the odds of the squeeze bunt succeeding.
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Originally Posted by Dyzalot
That's not quite what I said. I said that I can't see myself looking to squeeze except in game situations where the defense would generally be playing in. In other words, I only think about squeezing late in games with the tying or go ahead run on 3rd. Well those also happen to be the situations where the infield is usually playing in. If the AI isn't playing the infield in in a tie game in the bottom of the 9th with a runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs then you have a problem with the AI but yes, a squeeze play would work better there even if it would seem to me like I am taking advantage of the game in that spot.
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Yes, I think I am with you guys after this long conversation. The squeeze play is mostly a high-risk gamble, tantamount to just showing off. The only time that I may try it is when I have a terrible batter at the plate (like a pitcher) who may coincidentally have a good Sac Bunt rating, and the guy at third has some speed (I have to think that's factored in somehow). Thanks once again, everybody.