Assume: First and second, no outs, late and close. Assume: Even guys who hate the bunt would think it calls for a sac bunt.
However: The 3-hitter is coming to the plate.
The cranks in the stands (the parents, etc.-- RJM calls them The Jury) want to see him swing away.
What the cranks don't know:
1. Even when the right-handed 3-hitter is raking at a 400 pace, the other 60% of the time he makes most of his outs on the ground to the left-side.
Plus--
2. He isn't raking lately. Right now, in the past few games, he's struggling, with an even greater tendency to ground out to the left side. Right now, he's an 8-hitter in the 3-spot.
When it's the right move to help the team, there's nothing better than sticking it in the face of The Jury. It's a win-win.