Fredi

Fredi Gonzalez is not a good manager. He doesn't even manage games, he sits on his ass and waits for the long ball to bail him out.

SITUATION...

Runners on first and second (Hanley and Andino, respectively), NO OUTS, 6th Inning, Tie Game, Dan Uggla the #2 hitter is up...

What should you do? Ask Uggla to BUNT! That would leave runners on second and third with one out and the #3 and #4 hitters coming up. All you need is a sac fly or possibly even a grounder. Not only that, runners on second and third negates the double play possibillity.

WHAT DOES FREDI DO? NOT A DAMN THING. Let's Uggla go up there and try to hit. What happens? Uggla pops up. No runners advance. Next batter? Jacobs grounds into an inning-ending double play.

Fredi Gonzalez's conecpt of not moving runners (on steals, bunts, etc.) because he doesn't want to "give away outs" is well, STUPID. Especially considering the lineup the Marlins have. Our team gives away outs by going up to bat! We need to start manufacturing runs by moving runners and creating pressure.

Oh, and Amezaga needs to be starting every day. He didn't do much tonight in the box score 0-2, 2 walks. But he is the only batter we have who knows how to work a count and take pitches. He had an AB that was about 13 pitches against Morris and ended up drawing the walk. It seems like every other hitter we have (especially Uggla) just goes up there and hacks at the first three pitches.

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I AGREE!

I said this on last night's GDT before the result of Uggla's pop-up. I thought he should've been bunting also.

For the record, Uggla has put down 11 Sac Bunts in 1429 PAs. He also managed to have the bunt foul out to the Cather 4 times. He also has 64 RBIs when batting with 0 outs.

So I am sticking with "he doesn't bunt alot".

I like small ball, but bunting there wasn't the answer. Mainly because, like you said, Uggla just isn't very good at it. Different player, maybe. And talking about whether Uggla SHOULD be batting second, or he SHOULD be able to lay down an effective bunt, is moot. He is, he can't, and that's the way it is right now.