GLENDALE, Ariz. — On one of his first days in a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform, David Price stepped into the batter’s box to take his turn in pitchers’ bunting practice. “Three to third base side, three to first base side,” a coach instructed.
Price would have none of such rote.
“That’s it?” Price said. “No. We need to compete. We need to come up with a game or something.”
And so they did. The pitchers rigged a point system to see who was best at placing their bunts.
“It just locks guys in a little more,” Price said.