Sunday, October 17, 2004
Was That a Deke?
I'm thinking that Bill Mueller's show of a bunt on 1-0 after Dave Roberts's first-pitch steal was nothing more than a ploy to try to get Rivera to throw one of his cutters over the middle of the plate, to take the "offered" out. Very clever move if true, and I wonder if Francona actually called it, or did Mueller do it on his own, or was it just one of those things that looked like a brilliant plan by accident. Let's see if the Sox can actually capitalize on the play, now that they've most likely seen the last of Rivera tonight.
posted by Tom Renbarger 9:20 PM
