Snowflakes. More players should bunt against these shifts.

Minnesota Twins players were upset Sunday that Baltimore Orioles catcher Chance Sisco bunted against the shift for a hit in the ninth inning of Minnesota's 7-0 victory.

With one out in the ninth, Sisco bunted toward the vacant left side of the infield to get on base. The Orioles eventually loaded the bases, but Jose Berrios worked out of trouble, getting Jonathan Schoop to pop out to the catcher and Adam Jones to strike out to complete the three-hit shutout.

Despite that, Twins second baseman Brian Dozier spoke out about Sisco's bunt after the game.

"I could've said something, but they have tremendous veteran leadership over there, with Chris Davis, Adam Jones and those guys," Dozier told reporters. "I'm sure they'll address it and move forward."

Berrios added to reporters: "I don't care if he's bunting. I just know it's not good for baseball in that situation. That's it."

Sisco told reporters he was doing what he could to get on base.

"Just trying to mess with the timing of the game," Sisco said, according to the Baltimore Sun. "He was kind of going through the lineup. Just trying to do what I can to get on base.

"They were playing the shift right there, so they kind of gave it to me. If they're going to shift, I have to take it right there in that spot. We got bases loaded right after that. We're a couple home runs away from tying the game -- bases loaded, [Jones] or [Schoop] hits a home run right there? We're a couple runs away from being back in that game."

Before his bunt in the ninth, Sisco had the only other hit for the Orioles to that point, a double in the third.

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Buxton stole second late in that game with a 6-0 lead. Police your own fucking team if you believe in the "unwritten rules".

Anyway, when you put a shift on in the ninth with a 7-0 lead it's open season. Live by SABRmetrics, die by SABRmetrics.

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Seconded....

This.

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Shouldn't the shift be against unwritten rules? I mean, in its essence, it's very unsportsmanlike. It's almost like telling half your team they can sit down because you know they can't hit it to them.

Fuck the Twins.

Baltimore pitcher should put one in Dozier's ear next time.

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Bingo. Hitters have to correct against the shift (Schwarbs, Rizzo please), and then people will go back to playing you straight up.

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I fucking hate Twins fans....That stadium is god awful too.

Complete agreement with this nomination. What an asshole.

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The guys on MLB Network Radio were going off on the Twins as well. You don't shift up 7 in the 9th for Chance Sisco.

Although I heard somebody today, might have been CJ Nitkowski, saying he wasn't sure what he'd feel if it was a no-hitter at that point, because bunting to break up a no-hitter is not good.

Fuck both the Twins and Nitkowski.

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Fuck Brian Dozier.

Agreed.

But the Twins are lucky Baltimore doesn't stick to the unwritten rules. They could rightly demand retribution for Buxton's chicken shit steal.

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