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Originally Posted by GirlySports
I do agree that Bautista takes a lot of me-ABs. Actually the entire Blue Jays team does. They just don't situationally hit that well. I almost fell off my seat when they suicide squeezed on Saturday.
However when the ball is coming at you in 3 tenths of a second, your natural reaction is to get out of the way. You can't just let the ball hit you anyways, you must make an attempt to get out of the way.
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There really is no "getting out of the way" as most attempts to "get out of the way" are batters turning into a baseball...
As for the Bautista debate, I don't disagree with a lot of what the poster said. Although there have been a few instances where Bautista has given up an AB for the greater cause, it is very unlikely most of the time.
I would never question Bautista's character for winning though, guy plays wherever is needed to make the starting 9 better, and probably has a lot of weight on his shoulders trying to keep this broken down ship afloat. That AB in extra innings where he grounded out on the first pitch, was nothing more than impatient and trying to make something happen. Not sure how you can argue otherwise, as he just swung at a bad pitch. Had nothing to do with him being a selfish player.
For the poster questioning Bautista, I'd love to hear your thoughts on Francisco
If I never have to watch him swing wildly at a ball in the dirt, I could probably consider my time on earth a relative success. Guy has got to have the lowest baseball IQ at the plate I have seen in recent history.