Anyone with half a brain knows you do not take a risk to score that run from 3rd unless it is 100% certain it scores. Down by 2 runs with a runner on 1st and 3rd, that run at 3rd means little to nothing. The guy on first needs to score and if he's going to, the guy on 3rd will naturally score ahead of him.
So Lawrie screaming and throwing a fit about Lind not scoring not only shows his immaturity, it shows a surprising lack of knowledge about baseball. All he cared about was the RBI next to his name. I don't think it has anything to do with his desire to win as some have mentioned, as that run really had nothing to do with tieing the game.
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