When a manager asks his power hitter to put down a sacrifice bunt, ideally you want it to have some shock value, giving your hitter that extra edge in turning his *surprise* sacrifice into a hit. I find it interesting that Frank Robinson, who in his entire career had only 17 sac bunts (13 in his first 2 season and just 4 the rest of his career) expects his power hitters to lay down the bunt on demand... Makes no sense to me
yeah, I know.
Like Frank's saying "None of you guys are good enough to get a hit with a runner on. I'm gonna make you bunt."
I dunno where he picked up this particular view of baseball strategy. Maybe would make sense on a team of guys with .225 averages, but seems to be just giving up opportunities, at least some of the time. And especially his insistance that if he told a guy to bunt, that guy is gonna do it even with 2 strikes. Most times that seem to me just showing them who's boss, not a sensible decision (unless its a guy hitting less than a buck).
