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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Altuve decided to bunt in the 9th on his own but wishes he didn't. &quot;I feel like I have to swing the bat right there.&quot;</p>&mdash; Julia Morales (@JuliaMorales) <a href="https://twitter.com/JuliaMorales/status/754452689962971136">July 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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The lack of hustle is unacceptable and costed us today.

Biggio is somewhere pissed off right now.

 

Didn't get any reaction shots on the Seattle feed or I missed it due to a sudden outbreak of Tourette's.

As much as I absolutely love the guy, Altuve is sometimes not a smart baseball player. Young, high-energy, emotional players can be like that.

Also there's the varying level of stubbornness that you get with most all exceptionally high achievers and...well, it explains why Bagwell never tried to throw left-handed.

 

The mental lapses were reminiscent of April. Hopefully they get back on the winning side tomorrow and take the series.

 

find it odd that altuve bunting is such an issue, when, after stealing, we ended up with a better outcome than if he successfully bunted marwin over.

would this many people be complaining if the sac bunt was successful?

 

Lost in all of this was Correa's horrible AB.

 

yes, he effed the whole damn game up real nice

 

No worries, guys, we're only 4 back in the loss column.

 

Right but the point was you don't want your best hitter bunting w a runner already in scoring position. .307 hitter w RISP... We would've been in an even better position w him swinging.

 

Lol, nice

 

i understand that (whether i agree or not). i'm just saying i think the complaints would have been largely muted had it been a successful bunt attempt. yet we ended up in a better situation than if it had been successful.

 

But the point is you don't want your best hitter sacrificing a runner over, you want him driving him in. This team is notorious for leaving risp he has to be swinging there.

 

Next time they are making jalapeño poppers I hope he gives him an ear full.

 

Process >> Results. And that process was bad.

 

yes, once again, i understand that concept, that's just not what i was questioning.

 

Too talented for a game like this.

 

Ha

It's baseball man

162 games

There will be plenty like this and worse, even for World Series Championship teams

 

losing more than zero games over the course of the season because players stare and admire their fly balls (save your jokes) instead of running is inexcusable.

i sure as hell hope there aren't plenty more like it.

 

Oh I agree players should never be lazy

No excuse for that

But if you think in a MLB season teams will never lose games like today, because they are "too talented"

Not sure what to tell ya