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bunt

[buhnt] / bʌnt /
VERB
hit half-heartedly
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Please explain to Dave Roberts that you don’t try a sacrifice bunt when you know the Marlins then automatically walk Shohei Ohtani.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

They deployed strategies like the sacrifice bunt and stolen base with remarkable frequency despite lacking real evidence to justify such usage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Ira Rootman had a sacrifice fly and two more runs were scored after a bunt and bases-loaded walk.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Santa Margarita’s Brody Schumaker, who had eight bunt singles last season, will be asked by his father, Skip, the new manager of the Texas Rangers, to show off his bunting skills at spring training.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

He bunted the frog, laid down a perfect bunt in front of the plate, third-base side, and he took off for first.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli




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