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Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe
I heard in a game tonight the announcers say the Braves have not sacrificed bunted all season.
Bert Campaneris did it 40 times in 1977.
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He also got caught stealing 43% of the time in 47 attempts. Texas did a lot of stupid stuff with him, including having him sacrifice 40 times. Teams did lots of dumb stuff back then, like the A's wasting multiple roster spots on designated pinch runners.
The Braves don't sacrifice because sacrifices are a waste except in limited conditions. The old strategy of bunting a guy from 1st to 2nd and then praying that one of the next two guys - who will fail over 70% of time each - will somehow succeed has been proven to be dumb. I would argue it was never aesthetically interesting or strategically deep either.