 It has been said that the only place where a sacrifice is truly appreciated is in baseball So let's take a look at why that that just may be the case and and let's start off by looking at sacrifice Bunt sacrifice Bunt and you may also hear it called a sack bunt or a sacrifice hit And I think the reason why sometimes they call it a sacrifice hit is because generally when you say SB There's an abbreviation what you what is really being referred to as a stolen base and and so we just say Sacrifice hit or and and this would just be be The same thing here is sacrifice hit or or want it's the same thing so let's let's now that we have the Short-hand way of saying it let's look at what it actually is So the first thing that we're going to need is there must be less than two outs less Two outs and What's going to happen is in a sacrifice Bunt is that either one one base runner or multiple base runners are going to move from the base there on now To the next base and generally the batter he will he will get out So he's essentially he's sacrificing himself, you know for the the better of the team so What we would say is that it's it's a play where that that you know advances Vances, you know one or more runner runners with a Bunt and And the batter is put out At first base and so basically, you know, he's kind of he's giving himself up for the team So he's going to help out the team and but even though he's not going to to you know, make it himself. So let's look just at a Quick example here. So we would start with runners on base and it doesn't matter, you know where Where they are Let's say we have a runner on first and then we have our batter up at the Plate and a lot of times it's In especially in the National League when we have the pitcher batting pitchers generally are the best hitters So a lot of times the pitcher will be asked to sacrifice Bunt so he's gonna kind of square around pitchers gonna throw the the pitch the The batter Will lay down the Bunt and so in this case We'll see see the different, you know So a lot of movement will happen Oftentimes on the the defensive side of the ball as well So so the the third baseman over here and And We'll have the the pitcher will be here catch will be here and the first baseman is here And so so it's the the batter's decision kind of if he wants to to bunt the ball down the third base side Or if he wants to bunt it over here on the first base side and so because you know It's just the direction that he points is bad at the last second. It kind of leaves it open So so a lot of times you'll see the the third baseman He'll move in and he'll stand here and because he knows it's coming in the first baseman He'll move in and he'll stand here at the moment the ball was bunted then these guys they'll rush in Even sometimes the pitcher will will come in to try to get it and the catcher will run out So, you know, we could have a lot of guys a Lot of guys, you know going after the ball But whoever gets there first will pick it up and the other guys will get out of the way and of course this while that's happening this runners running to first this this runners running to second and Because you know the goal for this Play usually it's an easier play to get the batter first base out And so obviously with the first baseman charging if it's obvious, you know He's gonna blend it down the third base side the first baseman will just stay here But but a lot of times you'll actually see the second baseman come over and he'll cover the base So then whoever say the third baseman picks up the ball, he'll be able to throw it to the second baseman To get the force out at first and so one thing to Realize is that If the batter gets out and already established if the the runner advances to second and he's safe and the batter is out Then then he gets a sackbunt. He gets credit for the sackbunt if in the occasion So this is this is runner Under advances and and batter is out Then he gets the sackbunt if in the The occasion the runner the batter actually beats it out and he's he's safe at first and this this runner also advances So we'd say the the runner is safe runner advances and the batter is safe and Nobody is out in that case We would just give them the batter credit for a base hit and Because in that case, you know, he's not really sacrificing himself because he didn't he didn't get out so and the the other Possibility that both are safe as if there is an error on the play so if the the runner advances and There is an error on the play say, you know The third baseman picks the ball up and he throws it to the second baseman who's covering and the second baseman drops the ball and In the official score judges that to be an error. So the batter is safe Do you know due to air Then in that case He would he would get credit for the for the sack sacrifice bunt, but he would still be on base because of the air and so So, you know, these are these are the three, you know kind of scenarios that could they could play out and there's one more that That happens, you know, it could happen, but it happens very rarely so we'll take a look at that in the the next video if you want to stick around for that but But Generally 98% of the time, whatever there's a sacrifice Bunt, this is these are your key things to to remember. We're gonna have less than two outs the the runner Will it advance you know with a punt and and and the batter will be put out