THIS IS IT: one last stand against the stenographers and yes-men, the bean counters and numbers crunchers, the button pushers and script readers. One last stand against those who live in mortal fear of being wrong, those who trust the numbers more than their gut, those without the stones to go against the percentages and live with the consequences.
All of this, every bunt based on a hunch, every defense of an unwritten rule, is for them. It's for every guy in every dugout who doesn't have the savvy or the experience to know that a one-run game sometimes reveals itself slowly starting in the fourth or fifth inning.