Pitching Ninja examines Pat Murphy's bunt gambit against the Dodgers
Murphy says an unsuccessful bunt helped David Hamilton get better pitches later, giving Rob Friedman a different kind of postseason breakdown.
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Did the Brewers TRICK the Dodgers into getting David Hamilton better pitches? 🤯
David Hamilton gets thrown out at first, but Pat Murphy says the bunt has already done its job.
That is the little strategic puzzle at the heart of Pitching Ninja's fast-moving Short about the Brewers and Dodgers. It drew roughly 195,000 views in its first 12 hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for Shorts.
Rob Friedman pairs Murphy's explanation with the game footage. The Brewers manager says opponents knew Hamilton's reputation for bunt hits. Showing them a bunt early, he argues, would influence how they pitched to him afterward.
"You put a bunt down, I promise you, you will get pitches to hit the rest of the game," Murphy recalls telling Hamilton.
His explanation also involves the hitter waiting behind Hamilton: pitchers did not want to reach Chourio. In Murphy's telling, those competing concerns helped put hittable pitches in front of Hamilton. The Short follows the unsuccessful bunt with footage of a single up the middle and a home run to right.
The comments pick up on the psychology. Some viewers debate whether Murphy's assessment of Hamilton's bunting is itself another layer of misdirection; others discuss the limits of analytics in accounting for this kind of managerial tactic.
Friedman's surrounding uploads examine Aaron Ashby striking out Shohei Ohtani and Jake Bauers' unusual at-bat against Blake Snell. Here, the pitching breakdown starts with the batter doing something that looks, at first, like a failure.
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The game witin the game!
@liamhome1664See it on YouTubeThere’s even a mind game going on with “Hamilton’s not a good bunter”. Murphy wouldn’t let him bunt so much if DH wasn’t good at it.
@joksal9108See it on YouTubePat Murphy is old school and he doesn't mince words. Love it.
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Murphy is an incredible coach. Hamiltons' home run was awesome. ❤🎉😊
@karenhardie1132See it on YouTubeThat is supreme coaching
@snowboarddan5899See it on YouTubeAnd they say college coaches don't translate to the MLB.
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Which hitter does Murphy say the pitchers wanted to avoid reaching?
Murphy says the pitchers' desire not to get to Chourio helped Hamilton receive pitches to hit.