Sentences with phrase «of sacrifice bunts»

Suddenly, veteran scouts, with their unempirical observations, were cast aside in favor of Ivy League number - crunchers, and the longstanding value of sacrifice bunts and stolen bases gave way to the cult of on - base percentage and walks.

The view from TIFF: Converting a book about stats geekery — the rise of OBP and walks, the fall of sacrifice bunts, stolen bases, and the intuition of veteran scouts — into a compelling human drama sounds more challenging than Miller, his screenwriters, and the cast makes it look.