And, the umpire is always right in the end, because they can make up for their mistakes with other mistakes. It's a wonderful sport and thank goodness not one single umpire will ever admit that what I've just written is true. The pitcher, the batter, the teams and the people in the stands all appreciated the errant call. Welcome to baseball. It's complexity is astounding.
Baseball is a game of statistics.
His players knew how to bunt, how to hit a sac. fly. They knew all the fundamentals and he commanded them to use those tools, to the detriment of their own statistics, to improve the team's overall chance of winning. And they would do it. He got them to do it. Even Ricky Henderson.