was just thinking who i used to like...looked up some stuff ... RBI'S .... 1975,76,77,78 ...IN ORDER ...80 90 100 70 not to bad ... sad to edit now i looked at leaders over past years were low 100's ..maybe 329 lifetime ba though...looked up during edit...ok am done typing now..lol
Rod Carew was probably the greatest bunter of all time. In the age when that was appreciated (eons ago) he turned it into an art. When bunting to advance a runner he almost always did, but it was amazing how many of his bunts were hits, instead of sacrifices. For many years he was hired by teams to teach bunting at Spring Training. When I coached I taught his method, and had a lot of success that way.
A tip of the fedora to a genius of the game!
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Earl Sidney Weaver (August 14, 1930 – January 19, 2013) was an American professional baseball manager, author, and television broadcaster. After playing in minor league baseball, he retired without playing in Major League Baseball (MLB). He became a minor league manager, and then managed in MLB for 17 years with the Baltimore Orioles (1968–1982; 1985–86), winning a World Series championship in 1970. Weaver's style of managing was summed up in the quote: "pitching, defense, and the three-run homer." He did not believe in placing emphasis on "small ball" tactics such as stolen bases, hit and run plays, or sacrifice bunts. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996.
Earl Weaver would chain smoke like 2-3 packs in the dugout 
Loved watching him get into it with umps !
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Jim Palmer hated Weaver's guts. They never got along and one reason was Weaver's attitude toward small ball. What saved Weaver was not the three run homer but pitchers like Palmer. The O's pitching was phenomenal then, the last franchise to have 4 twenty game winners in the same season. That was thanks to Paul Richards not Earl Weaver. The history of the game is great, but be careful what you read out of context.
A lot of people hated Weaver. Like ALL the players he managed. That’s pretty well known.
The point is, not everyone, including and especially, the Baltimore organization, was as enamored with bunting etc as many may think. Weaver openly discussed this in interviews and was running that team for quite a long time. The GM and owner had to agree with him.
To add, many other mgrs felt the same ……maybe due to park dimensions, the way the field was manicured, and/or the lineup.
This idea about bunting throughout the history of baseball is getting a bit inflated now that it’s almost totally out of the game. It wasn’t prolific are even used by many teams outside of the pitcher.
I don’t get the “context” reference.
SO YA SAY HE COULD BUNT THE BALL (i remember his swing seemed unique to me) (and thanks for the note about the batting titles)..... ANYONE SEE THIS CUBS GAME TOP 5TH .... 2 BUNTS IN A ROW SCORED BOTH TIMES (THE FIRST ONE THE CATCHER DROPPED THE BALL) BUT IT WAS FUN TO SEE
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