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...inning later, Terrier pitcher Alf Kearns, who had control problems in the early frames, hit Stu Forbes with a pitch. Cook advanced him with a bunt single, and after a sacrifice both of them scored on Forbush's second safety...
With the teams deadlocked at 7-all, pinch-hitter George Harrington lined a double down the left-field line, advanced on a sacrifice, and raced home on a suicide squeeze play as Tom Bergantino obligingly tapped a bunt in front of the plate...
...Bunt & Brag. Held down by such deadly pitching, softball games (except when some industrial giant takes on a church-league team) are low-scoring affairs. The bunt is a favorite offensive weapon. Fast-handed fielders are always ready to charge the plate; the first and third basemen often find themselves playing just a few yards from the batter. Then the second baseman covers first, the shortstop covers third and the centerfielder takes over at second. The hit-and-run is rare, since base runners are permitted no lead...
...Birdie Tebbetts of the Cincinnati Redlegs, one of the keenest judges of talent in the game (TIME, July 8): "Aaron could win the batting championship for the next five or six years, if he gets to be a well-rounded hitter and learns to hit to right and drag bunt. He's that good...
Tactics turned out to be the last thing General Manager Gabe Paul was worrying about when he hired Birdie. "You assume that, all the way down to Class D, managers know when to bunt or when to hit-and-run," says Paul. "The important thing is common sense, the ability to handle men." Paul had been thinking of Birdie in terms of those attributes ever since he read some of Birdie's scouting reports on American Association players. Says Paul: "Anyone who could prepare reports like that had to be a capable and clear-thinking fellow...