Chris Perez thinks Kendrick's walkoff bunt was a 'stupid play'

• newarkcatholicfan

  

  Crybaby.
  
  "It was a bad baseball play that happened to work out. I don't want to say it was bush league. But you never see that. Ninety-nine percent of hitters in that situation would rather win the game with a hit, not a bunt.
  
  "It was a stupid play that just happened to work."
  
  http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Chris-Perez-thinks-Kendrick-s-walkoff-bunt-was-a?urn=mlb,237650
• wildcats20

  

  Last time I checked a bunt single is a hit.
• ts1227

  

  Perez should probably just shut the hell up.
• elbuckeye28

  Just shows he has a loser mentality.
• BR1986FB

  What a puss. To me, that was a heads up play. Who is thinking "watch for the bunt" in that situation?
• Laley23

  

  Yeah, I hate to win. It is dumb to execute a play to do so...
• jordo212000

  

  Great bunt and it led to a win. Stupid comment by Perez
• wildcats20

  

  Laley23 wrote: Yeah, I hate to win. It is dumb to execute a play to do so...

• ts1227

  

  wildcats20 wrote:

  Laley23 wrote: Yeah, I hate to win. It is dumb to execute a play to do so...

  Christ knows Perez doesn't
• Laley23

  

  Ole Herm gets me every time, lol.
• HitsRus

  

  In Howard Kendrick's own words...
  ""Right there I had it in my mind, first pitch, he's probably going to throw a strike there in that situation, and I already had it set in my mind I was going to try to bunt," Kendrick said. "Just make sure you bunt it hard enough to get it past him, because everybody was back in that situation. If you get it down and it works, then it looks great. If it doesn't, everybody's like, 'What the heck was he doing?'"
  
  Truer words were never spoken.
• hoops23

  

  That was a heads up play, I have no problem with it.
• HitsRus

  

  I have some thoughts about it.
  
  
  1) From Kendrick's comments, it was NOT called by his manager and if he had not pulled it off, probably would have been ripped a new asshole.
  2)Perez was right. It was a stupid play. Both by Kendrick (it was a low percentage play) and by Perez who was caught napping, and is obviously embarrassed by such.
  3)'walk off bunt' is a stupid nonsensical term.
  4) stuff like this is why baseball is a great game.
• lhslep134

  

  
  
  You play to WIN the game.
  
  Sick play by Kendrick, as a Tribe fan I say that's pretty damn ballsy and as a baseball fan I say fuck yeah.
• jmog

  As a huge baseball fan, and playing it the "right" way, Perez is an idiot.
  
  Back when I played and could run well, if I saw the infield that far back I'd lay one down too.
  
  Stuff like this is what makes baseball so great. You don't have to hit the ball 450 ft to win the game, you can hit it about 70 ft.
• darbypitcher22

  

  the guy made a great play after looking at the defense.
  
  That's one of those damned if you do, damned if you don't in the heat of the moment type comments. If it works for you, hey, great, we won. If he's out, you're in the Anaheim dugout going why the fuck did we just do that?
  
  In the other dugout you're going that really sucks to lose a game like that, but a day or two later you're probably saying pretty smart move by that guy
• JakeGiant

  Jake Taylor thinks Perez is whacked.