What's the Call?

[pob14]

I know, it's not a baseball board, but I'm surprised nobody's brought up Bill Buckner yet. He used to do this All. The. Time. to protect the runner on a pitchout. He was really good at it, too; the pitchout would be two and a half feet outside, he'd throw the bat at it, and hit the damn thing. Too bad he couldn't hit normal pitches that well . . .

Anyway, for those who've never seen it, it's not all that uncommon in my opinion.

[BretMan]

Originally Posted by pob14

I know, it's not a baseball board, but I'm surprised nobody's brought up Bill Buckner yet. He used to do this All. The. Time. to protect the runner on a pitchout. He was really good at it, too; the pitchout would be two and a half feet outside, he'd throw the bat at it, and hit the damn thing. Too bad he couldn't hit normal pitches that well . . .

Buckner played 22 seasons and amassed a .289 batting average, led the league in B.A. one year and hit nearly 500 doubles. It think that he could hit the normal pitches fairly well.

It was his fielding for which Billy Bucks will be forever remembered!

[HugoTafurst]

Originally Posted by BretMan

(snip)

It was his fielding for which Billy Bucks will be forever remembered!

and high top cleats

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by BretMan

Buckner played 22 seasons and amassed a .289 batting average, led the league in B.A. one year and hit nearly 500 doubles. It think that he could hit the normal pitches fairly well.

It was his fielding for which Billy Bucks will be forever remembered!

Buckner played 22 seasons and amassed a .991 fielding percentage. One error in every 101 (approximate) opportunites is a pretty respectable fielding stat.

It was THE ONE ERROR for which he will be forever remembered.

[MNBlue]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

Buckner played 22 seasons and amassed a .991 fielding percentage. One error in every 101 (approximate) opportunites is a pretty respectable fielding stat.

It was THE ONE ERROR for which he will be forever remembered.

Timing is everything.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by MNBlue

Timing is everything.

Just to be fair...

Originally Posted by wikipedia

In September 1986, Buckner hit .340 with eight home runs and 22 RBIs, while missing just three games in spite of chronic ankle soreness. Stapleton began seeing more playing time as a late inning defensive replacement for Buckner in September and October. Buckner, meanwhile, became the first major league player to wear Nike high-top baseball cleats professionally in an effort to relieve pressure from his ankles....When the Sox scored two runs in the top of the tenth, Boston manager John McNamara chose to have Buckner take the field in the bottom of the inning instead of bringing Stapleton in as a defensive replacement for the ailing Buckner as he had in games one, two and five.

Buckner was injured, and been playing through the injury, but was a known defensive liability due to the injury. The real blame belongs with the manager, John McNamara, for leaving a defensive liability (due to injury) in the game in the bottom of the 10th after his team had the lead.

[SRW]

Originally Posted by Dakota

Just to be fair...

Buckner was injured, and been playing through the injury, but was a known defensive liability due to the injury. The real blame belongs with the manager, John McNamara, for leaving a defensive liability (due to injury) in the game in the bottom of the 10th after his team had the lead.

Wait...
Did you just QUOTE Wikipedia as a legitimate source of information?

Tom, I had higher hopes that you were smarter than that.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by SRW

Wait...
Did you just QUOTE Wikipedia as a legitimate source of information?

Tom, I had higher hopes that you were smarter than that.

Well, it's an easy source of info, and disclosure of the source was provided. Anyone is free to search through the near-infinite sources of baseball stats and folklore if they wish!

[jr131981]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

Buckner played 22 seasons and amassed a .991 fielding percentage. One error in every 101 (approximate) opportunites is a pretty respectable fielding stat.

It was THE ONE ERROR for which he will be forever remembered.

.991 FP for a 1B is well below average. this year, there are 23 qualified 1B, the lowest has a .990 FP

pulling up a random buckner year, in 86 he was 13/16 qualified 1B in FP.

people forget there was a good chance mookie beats out the play at first even with a clean catch by buckner.