One other point to mention, before Rowand came to the plate, he pinch ran for Everett with Willie Harris which tells me that he will likely not be bunting if I am the opposing manager. Everett has good enough wheels to get to 2nd on a bunt.
So to me, Guillen even tipped his hand ahead of time which makes it easier on the pitcher if he's not worried about fielding a bunt.
If he was going to bunt, he leaves Everett in the game, then pinch runs after he makes it to 2nd.
Once Rowand pops out, does Harris ever attempt to run and move into scoring position? NO. Another poor decision as it will either take two hits or an extra base hit which Detroit was guarding against by the way. This in my opinion is what is wrong with MLB these days. These guys are such prima donnas that if you are considered a run producer for your club(i.e Rowand) the manager won't even ask you to bunt on the road with a runner on and none out which is baseball 101.
Back in the day I can still remember George Freaking Foster laying down a bunt as the CLEANUP hitter for the Reds to sacrifice in the 9th in the same situation in a year in which he hit 52 freakin HR's!!!!
Ask even a guy with 20+ HR power to bunt these days and you will have a mutiny on your hands, I mean for god's sake it was AARON FREAKIN ROWAND not Babe Ruth at the plate.
I am still steamed over this play as it was my largest of the season and should have never lost.
One more thing while I am ranting, my BIGGEST PET PEAVE is the failure night after night after night watching MLB players be unable to get runners home from 3rd with less than 2 out.
Back when I was growing up, I am QUITE sure that the numbers on this league wide were easily over 50% and I saw a stat last week that said that the league average in that situation is under 40%, THAT my friends is a JOKE, especially when you consider the number of times that teams play back and concede the run to avoid a big inning. I see guys strike out or pop up weakly over and over and over again every night yet the average salary is more than an average american will make in their lifetime.