I used to get 15-20 bunt hits a season. Now, I'm down to five or six. Infielders still play me in, but I'm always looking if the opportunity is there.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
American League teams don't bunt very often. National League teams bunt a lot.
Leading off an inning you never know, I could get a bunt base hit and start a rally.
Your goal as a hitter is to get on. And if the third baseman is playing back and letting you lay down a bunt, I don't have a problem with that, even if it's late in a no-hitter.
Watching National League pitchers trying to hit or even bunt is depressing.
Who cares if you bunt for a base hit?
When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet.
I am convinced that in my own career I could usually have hit 30 points higher if I had made a specialty of hitting.
I might have a great game hitting, but if I'm not having a great game fielding, if I feel like I let a guy get an extra base that I could have stopped, that's something I've got to do better, got to get better at.
I've had plenty of big hits and plenty of big misses.
I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt.