Bannon Up! This analogy is far from perfect, but it represents to me a futile mindset. A sacrifice bunt in baseball involves giving up an out to advance a runner into a better position to score a run. Occasionally, a pitcher tries so hard to throw pitches that are difficult to bunt, that he ends up walking the batter, which moves the lead runner into scoring position, gets no out, and puts another runner on base. I’ve heard former coaches and players announcing games cry, “He’s trying to make an out. Let him!” I believe Steve Bannon wants to go to prison, to make himself a martyr and hero to the right-wing nuts who support him. I say, let him. I’ve heard some pundits worry that convicting him would further infuriate the right-wing nuts. I think it’s time to abandon that type of thinking. We have seen time after time that making concessions to appease these people is completely unproductive. They see concessions only as weakness. Even so-called reasonable