A major league baseball team is playing its last regular season game of the year: win this game and they advance to the play-offs; lose, and they watch the play-offs on TV. In the bottom of the 9th, one of its star players steps to the plate, the score tied, a man on first, no outs. The right thing for him to do is to lay down a sacrifice bunt to move the runner into scoring position. This player happens to have an incentive clause in his contract, however, that would be triggered if he gets one more hit for the season, and that incentive clause would bring him a big bonus and a contract extension. The player lays down the sacrifice bunt, and his team goes on to win the game and advance to the post season.
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