Ugh.
With the Reds trailing by one run in the ninth inning Saturday, Adam Dunn's initial intention with runners on first and second and one out was to bunt his teammates into scoring position. After two unsuccessful sacrifice attempts, a frustrated Dunn chose to swing away. Dunn's backup plan sailed 449 feet into the right-field Sun Deck for a three-run walk-off home run...Adam Dunn, batting
seventh, with (I believe)
2 sac bunts in his career, asked to bunt in the bottom of the ninth with Paul Bako and the pitcher's spot behind him.
From Derek, pseudo-visual evidence:
And from Matt, horrifying actual visual evidence:
I mean, given the fact that
Dusty tried to make Edwin Encarnacion bunt before his big walk-off blast a while ago, maybe this is some kind of strategy. Maybe Dusty takes these guys who have between zero and two sac bunts in their lives, and makes them try to bunt, and when he takes the bunt sign off they are so relieved they launch walk-off homers.
Thank you to the 100+ Reds fans who confirmed this tragic series of events.
Labels: adam dunn, bunting, dusty baker, edwin encarnacion, oh my god, that can't be right
Epilogue to the Encarnacion / Brantley situation, courtesy of
John Fay:
After failing to get down a bunt on three pitches, Encarnacion rocketed one into the left field seats for a three-run, walkoff home run.
Dusty Baker wanted it to happen this way -- really.
"You can't let him swing in that situation," Baker said. "He was struggling. I told (coach Chris Speier), 'I kind of hope he doesn't get it down so (he) can hit a three-run homer, and he hit a three-run homer."
"Being on the other side, he was one of the guys I didn't want to see up there in that situation," Baker said. "He's a clutch man."so...many...levels of crazy...basepaths...getting clogged...in my brain...
When s is this f'd, I find it's best to simply write down every single thing that's disturbing, so that we all might more easily wrap our heads around the situation.
1) Dusty Baker didn't want EE swinging at all because he was "struggling."
2) Dusty wanted EE bunting, even though (as some astute readers have pointed out) EE has not a single sacrifice hit in over 7 years of playing baseball in the United States.
3) Dusty wanted EE bunting, even though he thinks EE performs well in clutch situations.
4) "clutch man"
5) Dusty wanted EE bunting, even though he believed that if he didn't get the bunt down, he would hit a home run.
6) The Reds hired Dusty Baker to be their Manager.
7) There are still some people in the Queen City who are not sending a handwritten letter every single day to Reds ownership begging for Baker to be fired.
Labels: clutch men, cutch, dusty baker, edwin encarnacion, john fey
You may have seen this already but it's just too fucking good not to share.
This video is porn. You've got Jeff Brantley, saying that now-batting Edwin Encarnacion should be taken out of the game. Why? Because he's not a clutch hitter. I won't tell you what happens next, but it's pretty awesome.
Okay, wait, I have to tell you. Edwin hits a game-winning home run. And the timing...it's just white fucking hot sports commentator porn.
Thank you Edwin. You have done a very great thing. In recognition of your efforts, you are cordially invited to my house to play NHL 2K7.
Labels: clutch, edwin encarnacion, jeff brantley, pornography
