The first bunt served to move the runner to second. The second bunt would have been intended to move him to third. I wondered if they have observed that Hernandez is good at bunting toward third but not toward first. In other words, might the Sox have decided that 1) the Dodgers expected the bunt and 2) Hernandez might bunt it toward the third baseman so hard that he gets JBJ with a tag, or that a deadened ball makes it too easy for Martin, who is skillful enough to get jbj at third. Arod kept harping on the obviousness of the bunt there so I can't help wondering if the Genius had a good reason for not calling for it. I have a lot of respect for Cora, so I would love to know his reasoning. It was way too late to wait for his post-game remarks, so I have no idea if he addressed it.
