Buddy
Just when I thought you couldn't do anything dumber, you do something like this. And COMPLETELY redeem yourself.
All of you, I'm sure, remember Tony Pena's getting doubled off second on a short pop up to center a couple days ago. I'll let JoePo relate it since he is a better writer than I:
"Pena was almost certainly safe on the play. There is no way the tag got him before he got back to the bag. But Buddy Bell did not argue the play ... and when asked about it afterward, Buddy (to his everlasting credit) said: 'I don't argue for stupid baseball.'"
Somebody needs to say something good about Buddy, so there's my contribution.
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I read that
by RoyalsRetro on May 11, 2007 1:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The problem is
by EricConley on May 11, 2007 1:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Buddy
by Stook on May 11, 2007 3:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Contrarily
I agree that Pena committed a stupid, boneheaded play, but he WAS safe, and deserved to be supported by Bell as such.
I wonder if Bell didn't even realize the infield fly rule was called on the play, and that since it was, the OAK player was REQUIRED to TAG Pena out, not touch the 2nd base bag.
Surely he knew, right?
Right?
Birds chirping................................
by loyal2s dad on May 11, 2007 5:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Notice I didn't even talk about the bigger
Other than that, that was a great decision by Bell, and yes, I was SCREAMING about it while selling peanuts, BEFORE he bunted, and BEFORE the ensuing disaster occurred, so I am NOT armchair managing - I was right and Buddy was wrong AGAIN.
OOPS - guess I ended up talking about it after all.
by loyal2s dad on May 11, 2007 5:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't even want to talk about
The fact that neither of them were successful.
Also, that one of the bunters was David DeJesus, our best hitter.
by Moose Tacos on May 11, 2007 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You all our talking about a play and
What is the blog waiting for? Something has to change. You either fire the team or you fire the manager and staff.
Which is it?
by grudz69 on May 12, 2007 11:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If the option is Buddy or Dusty
by royaldaddy on May 13, 2007 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If we had Dusty
by mazoboom on May 14, 2007 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you think Fuddo ruins rookies ...just
by grudz69 on May 15, 2007 10:38 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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