Found September 04, 2009 on Seattle Times:
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Quick question for all of you still arguing a meaningless bunt strategy point from last night: which of the three guys in the photo above would you pick to start a brand new team with? If your answer was the guy on the left, Bill Hall, then you misunderstood the question, I didn't ask who you could use to fill every position on your team. I asked who you would start it with. The guy in the middle, Adrian Beltre, isn't too shabby. But that's also the wrong answer. There actually aren't too many players in all of baseball right now who you would pick over the guy on the right, Franklin Gutierrez. He has done it all on both sides of the equation -- offensive and defensive -- all season. Last night, we saw him club his 15th home run, then squeeze bunt home Jack Hannahan from third base in the ninth. By the way, I'm not sure what all the discussion has been about over that bunt. No, it's not a very rewarding move to squeeze home a guy with the bases loaded under n...
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