"When you're in the cellar, the least you can do is execute the fundamentals. Whatever you want to call this team - AAAA, minor league, bush league - it is a no-brainer that with the winning run on second and no out in the bottom of the ninth, you bunt the runner to third. That way a wild pitch or sacrifice fly can win the game." - DocLogic
View full sizeFans aren't happy with the decision not to bunt in the ninth on Monday night.In response to the story Wasted rally: Cleveland Indians score 3 in 9th, but White Sox triumph, 10-6, in 11 innings, cleveland.com reader DocLogic can't believe the Indians didn't move the runner over with the game on the line Monday night. This reader writes,
"When you're in the cellar, the least you can do is execute the fundamentals. Whatever you want to call this team - AAAA, minor league, bush league - it is a no-brainer that with the winning run on second and no out in the bottom of the ninth, you bunt the runner to third. That way a wild pitch or sacrifice fly can win the game."
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