I asked him after the game
“We wanted to take three good shots at swinging and get fastballs,” Bianco said. “We probably would have had to make a lineup change to bunt and could have done that. But I thought there was a better opportunity to score if we could take three shots at swinging it.”
Also he said Dillard has been begging to leadoff for 2 years but he told Thomas last year he'd do it only if he stole 20 bases. This year he finally did it to see what happens, he said.
“We wanted to take three good shots at swinging and get fastballs,” Bianco said. “We probably would have had to make a lineup change to bunt and could have done that. But I thought there was a better opportunity to score if we could take three shots at swinging it.”
Also he said Dillard has been begging to leadoff for 2 years but he told Thomas last year he'd do it only if he stole 20 bases. This year he finally did it to see what happens, he said.
