1Okay, so Dusty Baker is no longer just the worst manager in Major League Baseball. I am relatively convinced that a random person (not even a baseball fan!) could do a better job.
Yesterday, trailing by one run in the bottom of the ninth inning but with runners on first and second, Adam Dunn stepped up to the plate. The last four years, Adam Dunn's HR totals: 46, 40, 40, 40. His BB totals: 108, 114, 112, 101. He is the author of a career .380 OBP.
WWDD (What would Dusty do?) . . .
2. . . sacrifice bunt.
It was hilarious when it happened with Edwin Encarnacion. But this is just ridiculous.
Quoth Dusty Baker: "That's baseball. In that situation you couldn't afford a double play and you don't want a strikeout."
I don't know what Baker's talking about here. This is the perfect situation for a strikeout. The only thing that would have helped the Reds more than Adam Dunn swinging and missing at a slider on the outside corner at the knees would be him taking it and striking out looking. Or hitting a 449-foot dinger, I suppose.
By the way, if Dunn had managed to get the bunt down, Paul Bako (lifetime OPS+ of 65) was waiting for the chance to drive 'em in. Bako is best known for playing for 10 different teams over his 11-year MLB career, actually being named Gabor (henceforth GPB), and finally, for being the "Default" pick in a Fantasy Baseball league draft I once participated in if you did not make your pick within the specified time limit. Relief Pitcher Bill Bray was in the hole so a pinch hitter would likely have followed GPB.
1 - http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/gallery/image.php?image=screenshots/lists/news_100a.jpg
2 - http://thenastyboys.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/baker1109.jpg
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Ha, well at least he's playing Votto over Hatteberg these days. But yeah for every small step forward, he has those giant leaps backward
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