Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 30, 2002
Hillenbrand's Defense:

I was just watching the Orioles-Red Sox, and Melvin Mora just laid down a bunt for a base hit. Hillenbrand was playing back of the bag, and didn't try to make a play. NESN then showed a wide angle replay, and it struck me that Hillenbrand should have made a better effort. He never charged the ball. He jogged in a few feet, then gave up. But it's a ball Graig Nettles would have made a play on. He would have charged in, scooped the ball with his bare hand, and made a throw to first. The ball was bunted hard. If Hillenbrand had started charging the second he saw Mora square, he would have had a chance. The Red Sox announcers let him off too easily.


Posted by David Pinto at 07:34 PM | Baseball