That all changed when the Detroit Tigers faced the Cleveland Indians Monday night at Comerica Park.
While a bunt is usually not anything worth discussing in a blog post, the fact that Victor Martinez did it makes it worth a few hundred words and a few hundred views (the video is in the embedded Tweet below).
Nearly every team in the League has put a shift on V-Mart, especially when he is batting from the left side. In Monday’s game against the Indians, the shift was on and the Tigers got crafty. With the third baseman filling for the shortstop, there was plenty of room for a perfectly placed bunt.