True, I think Justice blew an opportunity to probe further. Obviously, the effort to debunk the original statement was his intent. If Justice had come back and said, "now that you have debunked my original statement, what would you have done in that case?" then the discussion would have been furthered.

I think Bob has a point. The decision comes down to individual situations and one reason why you have a live human manager instead of a computer. The bench coach and manager should have some percentages in mind, but it comes down to feeling. For instance, if I have a runner on first and second with Ausmus at the plate, I am sac bunting every time. If I had a dollar for every time he grounded into a double play in that situation I would go to Perry's for their Steak Diane. If it's a low scoring game I consider it as well. Generally speaking, the sac bunt is good at producing one run. If you want multiple runs you hit away. Naturally, one comes with more risk than the other.

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