Teams refusing to bunt in these situations -- regardless of who is up -- continue to get burned. Tribe just killed their own rally, right after the Brewers drove theirs into the ground.
Did this not used to be a given? Now, you literally never see it anymore. Same goes for a man on 2nd and no one out. When the tying run is in scoring position, do you not sacrifice the out to get him 90 feet away? When did MLB teams abandon this concept? Is it an ego thing -- some guys just refuse to bunt? Funny, I thought baseball was a team sport and the main focus was to win the game.