As part of my efforts to get beat up in the schoolyard (has that one particular big blog called me a moron yet today?) I’ll ask this one.
Does anyone know where we can find stats about how often Reyes bunted for a hit? During the game I had the same question as the Post reader below – where did this magic ability to bunt for a hit come and why wasn’t it used more often?
John Fortuna: What’s lost in the shuffle of all the talk about Jose Reyes’ bunt is that I honestly can’t recall him bunting once for a hit in the last few years — even when he was slumping, even when there was a guy on third with two men out and the ream was scuffling for runs. That’s what bothers me most about this whole episode.
VAC: Everything about that moment bothered me, and still bothers me. Reyes has had a good run in New York, and been treated by Mets fans as well as any player since Keith Hernandez. He owed them better. He just did.
There is evidence that this may not have been the first time.
http://www.amazon.com/Jose-Reyes-Bunting-Color-Photo/dp/B003HMU3PK