Posted by TMS:
Swisher also strikes out a ton and has GIDP more times than i care to remember this year. So u wanna risk that with 0 outs and not get the man to 3b with a sac bunt there? not a good idea imo. yeah if Gardner had been on the bench im sure Girardi woulda called on him in that situation to lay down a bunt but Swisher should be able to get that done there when called upon.
Yeah, well Swish did take all the responsibility just reading the paper this morning like I knew he would. Stand-up dude. It was the right play by the book but under the circumstances I probably would've had him swing away there. But that's me. I've see enough of guys that don't bunt on a regular basis now to know that it's just asking too much. If it were me, I either PH someone there that I KNOW can get a bunt down or if I don't have that option for whatever reason and I don't feel 100% confident that the guy at the plate can do the job, I let the guy hit. Girardi said he had confidence that Swish was gonna get that bunt down, that he's done it many times before. Interesting. I've watched pretty much all these games and I can't say I recall Swisher bunting in a big spot like that. Ahh, under the bridge now..
Nice win tonight though. Looks like we'll be getting Gardy back soon here so that'll be good. It'll give Melky a break and a little time to recover from his slump and it'll give us the blinding speed element that we can use at any moment, even if he's not in the starting lineup. That's a huge dimension to have at your disposal. Plus he can bunt... Question - who gets sent down to make room for Gardner? I guess it'd be Mitre right?
I want this game this afternoon. AJ against Dustin Nippert. Curious to get a good look this guy Nippert - this was the guy we wanted from Arizona in the Randy Johnson deal before we wound up settling for Ross Ohlendorf in that package instead.
