Having skimmed the thread, I'll just say that the decision on whether or not to sacrifice bunt is largely predicated on the type of team you have, and the situation. If you have a dominant pitching staff, such that you can expect to win by scratching across 3-4 runs in a game, you're bound to manage your team differently than one would the Boston Red Sox or Cincinnati Reds. Specifically, a pitching-dominant roster should look to maximize opportunities to score at least one run. Examples: 2nd / 0 outs 1st and 2nd / 0 outs In at least these situations, the trade-off between scoring multiple runs and scoring the one run at least become debate-worthy. Admittedly, I'm not advocating having the # 3 - 5 guys in the lineup (or #8 in the NL) putting down a bunt, but that's because you expect those players to be more likely than average to get a hit (or in the case of the # 8, more likely than the player hitting behind). them). I can see why, if you're a straight-sabermetric, bunting doesn't have much value for non-pitchers. On the other hand, not every team is (nor should be) tailored around pure sabermetrics.