GGOW bunting?

Red Sox looks like they are done at this point. No AL East champ, no wild card, no pitching...

Tonight (last night, really, 8-20, since the gm went on 'til 1AM+) the Red Sox could try to stop the bleeding, but their AA pitching haunted them, AGAIN!

There are many things that happened in the game that coulb be radio talkshow discussions. Like how Francona went to Javier Lopez (like Jon Miller said, BOS got ALL the "Javy Lopez's") to face Abreu and after he was walked, Terry went to his closer, Papelbon (who hasnt pitched in 3 days, so he could go for 2 inn).

This ONE particular play called by BOS coaches asking Youkilis (aka the Greek God Of Walks, btw, he was 2-4 in the gm and just singled to drive in a run before this at-bat) to BUNT with runners on 1st & 2nd at the bottom of 9th inn with no outs. BTW, the runner on 2nd is Ortiz (Big Papi), who isn't even an average-speed runner (no offense, Papi, you are the best cluth hitter ALL-TIME).

WHY THE HECK WOULD YOU EVER ASK YOUKILIS TO BUNT, EVER???!!!???

It's understandable that with the gm tied, having runners on 1st & 2nd and no outs, it makes sense to bunt the runners over to 2nd & 3rd and a sac fly could win the gm. HOWEVER (borrowing from Stephan A. Smith's vocabulary), everyone knows that Youilis is NOT a bunter. Big Papi may be a even better bunter than Youkilis (since Ortiz came up with MIN organization, everyone has to learn how to hit to opposite field & bunt). It would make more sense to ask Youl to work a walk or to hit a groundball to the right-side. If BOS wanted to bunt the runners over, why didn't they get Kapler off te bench to bunt???

Youk ended up bunting the ball striaght back to the middle and runner is out at 3rd. BOS didn't score at the bottom of the 9th with PH Hinske striking out and Mirabelli grounding out.

Bad pitching and injuries is one thing, making dumb manager moves is another. Asking a guy who hit in the middle of the line-up in college and probably in the minors to bunt and who happens to be the Greek God of Walks just doesn't make any logical sense. It's one thing to move the runners over on the bases, it's another to ask a guy who doesn't bunt well to bunt. Even if Youk ground into a DP, a runner would still be on 3rd and can score on a hit or wild pitch or even pass ball (the Posada special, how many times could this guy turn his catcher's mitt over and let the ball get pass him in the major league?). BOS didn't get another hit or walk after having runners on 1st & 2nd with no outs. The most "un-clutch" (if it wasn't a word before tonight, Red Sox definately came up with it after this weekend) hitting would still score a run with no outs and 1st & 2nd.

Red Sox is playing like a AA team right now. The Pawtucket Red Sox might have been a better team this weekend.