Bunts

George Will has a truly great baseball book called "bunts" - a collection of his baseball essays. ❋ Unknown (2004)

I do like that they have a "bunts" split, which is AFAIK unique. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Speaking of bunts, he seems to approach sacrifice situations as if he was bunting for a hit by dragging it down the line -- a lower-percentage play that can roll foul -- rather than simply squaring around and meeting the ball with his bat to put it in play. ❋ Rob Kirkpatrick (2011)

Jeter bunts but Betemi gets lead runner Martin out at third base. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Top 6th: Kinsler loops one into right and Andrus bunts him over to second. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Bottom 6th: Weeks bunts but pops it up for Kennedy to catch. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Cole Hamels comes in, bunts and gets caught first pitch. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Top 9th: Bloomquist bunts, Fielder Prince charges well, rumbles in, fails to get the ball away to home plate and Parra scores. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"He has a .450 average when he bunts for a hit," Macha says. ❋ Unknown (2010)

SS Adam Everett, who led the league in sacrifice bunts last year with 15, laid down a key sacrifice bunt in the second inning. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Andrus bunts and gets to first, while Kinsler moves from second to third. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I see the game returning to bunts, hit and runs, defensive executions, instead of just waiting for the big home run, as it was before. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Daniel Descalco is now in the game at third and bunts Berkman over to second. ❋ Unknown (2011)

They can facilitate bunts down the line by tilting the base paths inward, or cause more bunts to roll foul by tilting the slope of the dirt the other way. ❋ Brian Costa (2011)

And then Furcal bunts and Carpenter risks his long limbs - and his shutout - sliding into second, beating the throw. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But then he twice called for sacrifice bunts with no one out and his best hitters coming up, and he had Craig attempt a steal in the ninth with no one out and Pujols at the plate. ❋ Matthew Futterman (2011)