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Drag bunt! Just imagine any player doing this against any type of modified shift. It’s there all day long! In my opinion, every hitter from HS and above should have this in their “tool box.” Never know when it might be the solution to a particular game situation. I... show more
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Semantics. Generally speaking we have grown to accept that a bunt for hit down third base line for both a RH or LH hitters are both “drag bunts.” And bunt for hit hard past pitcher (to the right side of INF) are “push bunts.” The key is …whatever you want to call each type of bunt, that your players and coaches verbiage match. Certainly a LH batter can also bunt by taking the ball with them SOFTLY right down 1st base line (fair or foul), with no intent to push past pitcher, and to me that would be a LH drag bunt also. But here is the issue… all the different bunt terms for a RH hitter vs LH hitters can confuse players. In recent years (last 20 or so), I have never heard a LH bunt for hit down 3rd base line called a push bunt. That is widely referred to as a “drag bunt.” And when a LH hitter bunts it hard past the pitcher into the triangle (P, 2B, 1B) that is now commonly referred to as a “push bunt.” Because you literally have to push it hard to have enough speed to get past the pitcher. The same applies for a RH hitter.

Delete this tweet and start again. Drag bunt? Go watch a few Mickey Mantle drag bunt clips. Here’s a hint……right handed batters can’t drag a bunt.

Semantics. Generally speaking we have grown to accept that a bunt for hit down third base line for both a RH or LH hitters are both “drag bunts.” And bunt for hit hard past pitcher (to the right side of INF) are “push bunts.” The key is …whatever you want to call each type of bunt, that your players and coaches verbiage match. Certainly a LH batter can also bunt by taking the ball with them SOFTLY right down 1st base line (fair or foul), with no intent to push past pitcher, and to me that would be a LH drag bunt also. But here is the issue… all the different bunt terms for a RH hitter vs LH hitters can confuse players. In recent years (last 20 or so), I have never heard a LH bunt for hit down 3rd base line called a push bunt. That is widely referred to as a “drag bunt.” And when a LH hitter bunts it hard past the pitcher into the triangle (P, 2B, 1B) that is now commonly referred to as a “push bunt.” Because you literally have to push it hard to have enough speed to get past the pitcher. The same applies for a RH hitter.

Technically not a drag bunt. Drag bunt means pulling the ball along with you as you run.

That isnt a drag bunt. A drag bunt is when you take it with you down the 1B line. And I agree that more players should bunt

As others have mentioned, that’s not a drag bunt.

That’s not a drag bunt . That is simply a directional bunt . A drag bunt is pulling the ball along with you as you run . That whole paragraph and you don’t even know what you are talking about.

It’s actually embarrassing to watch some of these games where teams have no one on one side of the infield and kids are not just punching bunt to that side. It truly has disappeared from the game. Likewise, I’m seeing less and less kids being able to manipulate the barrel at the plate as well.

We’d never get a bunt down like that on our HS field. Any ball on the infield plays more like Plinko on The Price is Right🤣

And that bunt came off a dude who can smack it, so just goes to show, you do what you have to to get on.
