John Gibbons is a terrible manager, will add to my already quite-lengthy list of head-scratchingly dumb decisions.  Friday's game, top of the 9th, 5-1 Min, runners on the corners, 1 out.  Gibbons draws the infield in, to cut off the run at the plate, rather than playing DP depth, which is a no-brainer in that situation.

So, what happens?  Batter hits a low liner over the ss for an rbi single which he most certainly catches if he's where he shoulda been.  So, OK, big deal, his defenders say, you lose by 4, you lose by 5, no diff.  Agreed--so why draw the infield in then?

His defenders can't have it both ways.  That 6th run obviously mattered very much to Gibbons.  And the question, which was never asked, never discussed, never brought up, that needs to be put to Gibbons, is why?

Maybe it makes no diff in that situation, but if you cannot even get that right, why would anyone trust his impulse when it really does matter?

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