George Brett agrees with me:

[packs]

Yes but they must realize that if they would drop a bunt or slap a hit to the left side during a shift the team would stop shifting. That means more hits for the slugger and runs for his team.

[MattyC]

Yes, indeed. I agree. Players are primarily paid to help win games. Shoot a double or clutch single the opposite way occasionally, and opponents will ease up on the shift-- then more pulled balls fall for hits, too. Sluggers aren't getting paid to watch their averages drop from .295 to .216 the way Tex's have been going. The game's history is littered with elite sluggers who used the whole field and batted for good averages, in addition to power. Any hitter getting paid big bucks should try, with hard work, to add dimensions to their game that will help them and their team improve, bottom line. Stubbornly making out after out into the shift is not good.

[packs]

It just makes no sense. You have all that space. You'd rather try to hit it between people? Why? Throw down a bunt and open up half the field for yourself next at bat. It doesn't even have to be a good bunt.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by packs

It just makes no sense. You have all that space. You'd rather try to hit it between people? Why? Throw down a bunt and open up half the field for yourself next at bat. It doesn't even have to be a good bunt.

I hope Rod Carew isn't sitting by the phone in anticipation of a cry for bunting help...