Thread: Slug Bunt
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Old Mon Jul 04, 2005, 05:56pm
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Thumbs up SlugBunt

Learned the slugbunt, practiced it and say it used to perfection several times, from JH ball through HS.
Sac bunt situation, after taking a pitch in the bunt stance usually, you see the defense's rotation or you know there tendences, if 2nd goes to cover 1b and SS goes to either 2nd or 3rd it leaves a lot of open space up the gut. The slugbunt in order to work correctly must be sold as a bunt, the bottom hand simply comes up in a choked up grip, the bat comes back, hands come back to about shoulder height and the ball is slapped, basically a 1/2 swing, not a full swing by any means. (Like playing pepper) All you want is to put the ball somewhere out around short or 2nd I've never seen a 1st or 3rd sacker fooled by a batter squaring and then pulling back for a full swing, they are looking at the batter right?
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