On Servais's defense, they were playing for a double play there. Give up a run for 2 outs. I am not a Servais fan by the way. Gilbert blew this play.
Yep. I was going to say this when I saw this thread yesterday, but figured why bother.
Any manager in baseball would happily trade a run for 2 outs in a bases loaded no outs situation. Which is exactly what they were trying to do there.
Funny thing is, if the D had been playing in (for the bunt), and the batter hit it through the infield for a base hit, the same people that are blasting him for playing for the double play would be blasting him for
not playing for the double play.