Chris Perez thinks Kendrick's walkoff bunt was a 'stupid play'
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Thu, Apr 29, 2010 8:28 PMApr 29, 2010 8:28 PM
Crybaby.
"It was a bad baseball play that happened to work out. I don't want to say it was bush league. But you never see that. Ninety-nine percent of hitters in that situation would rather win the game with a hit, not a bunt.
"It was a stupid play that just happened to work."
What a puss. To me, that was a heads up play. Who is thinking "watch for the bunt" in that situation?
Apr 29, 2010 8:36pm
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Thu, Apr 29, 2010 8:43 PMApr 29, 2010 8:43 PM
Yeah, I hate to win. It is dumb to execute a play to do so...
Apr 29, 2010 8:43pm
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Thu, Apr 29, 2010 8:48 PMApr 29, 2010 8:48 PM
Great bunt and it led to a win. Stupid comment by Perez
Apr 29, 2010 8:48pm
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Thu, Apr 29, 2010 8:50 PMApr 29, 2010 8:50 PM
Laley23 wrote:
Yeah, I hate to win. It is dumb to execute a play to do so...
Apr 29, 2010 8:50pm
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Thu, Apr 29, 2010 8:57 PMApr 29, 2010 8:57 PM
wildcats20 wrote:
Laley23 wrote:
Yeah, I hate to win. It is dumb to execute a play to do so...
Christ knows Perez doesn't
Apr 29, 2010 8:57pm
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Thu, Apr 29, 2010 9:01 PMApr 29, 2010 9:01 PM
Ole Herm gets me every time, lol.
Apr 29, 2010 9:01pm
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Thu, Apr 29, 2010 9:38 PMApr 29, 2010 9:38 PM
In Howard Kendrick's own words...
""Right there I had it in my mind, first pitch, he's probably going to throw a strike there in that situation, and I already had it set in my mind I was going to try to bunt," Kendrick said. "Just make sure you bunt it hard enough to get it past him, because everybody was back in that situation. If you get it down and it works, then it looks great. If it doesn't, everybody's like, 'What the heck was he doing?'"
Truer words were never spoken.
Apr 29, 2010 9:38pm
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Fri, Apr 30, 2010 1:43 AMApr 30, 2010 1:43 AM
That was a heads up play, I have no problem with it.
Apr 30, 2010 1:43am
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Fri, Apr 30, 2010 7:23 AMApr 30, 2010 7:23 AM
I have some thoughts about it.
1) From Kendrick's comments, it was NOT called by his manager and if he had not pulled it off, probably would have been ripped a new asshole.
2)Perez was right. It was a stupid play. Both by Kendrick (it was a low percentage play) and by Perez who was caught napping, and is obviously embarrassed by such.
3)'walk off bunt' is a stupid nonsensical term.
4) stuff like this is why baseball is a great game.
Apr 30, 2010 7:23am
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Fri, Apr 30, 2010 8:18 AMApr 30, 2010 8:18 AM
You play to WIN the game.
Sick play by Kendrick, as a Tribe fan I say that's pretty damn ballsy and as a baseball fan I say fuck yeah.
Apr 30, 2010 8:18am
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Fri, Apr 30, 2010 8:55 AMApr 30, 2010 8:55 AM
As a huge baseball fan, and playing it the "right" way, Perez is an idiot.
Back when I played and could run well, if I saw the infield that far back I'd lay one down too.
Stuff like this is what makes baseball so great. You don't have to hit the ball 450 ft to win the game, you can hit it about 70 ft.
Apr 30, 2010 8:55am
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Fri, Apr 30, 2010 10:21 AMApr 30, 2010 10:21 AM
the guy made a great play after looking at the defense.
That's one of those damned if you do, damned if you don't in the heat of the moment type comments. If it works for you, hey, great, we won. If he's out, you're in the Anaheim dugout going why the fuck did we just do that?
In the other dugout you're going that really sucks to lose a game like that, but a day or two later you're probably saying pretty smart move by that guy
