Clint Hurdle has a term for when the Pirates buy in to a concept the coaches are preaching. He calls it, cleverly enough, 'buy-in.' Like a noun.
More often than not, coincidence or not, the term is applied when discussing the front office's beloved defensive shifts. As in, the pitcher and catcher have a healthy amount of 'buy-in' for throwing a certain pitch to a certain part of the plate in hopes that the hitter will follow historical norms and hit to a certain part of the field for a near-certain out.
One problem: Not all of the players are 'buy-in' what the front office is sellin'.
Not entirely, anyway.
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