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Originally Posted by Jiggy_12
Thanks to John Schneider for somehow managing to make every wrong decision to give a completely winnable game away.
Boneheaded substitutions cost us this game.
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Oh, Schneider's galaxy brain wasn't the only coaching staff failure...that 3rd base coach signalled runners like he had money down with Ohtani's bookie.
The substitutions look terrible in hindsight, but no one sees an 18 inning game coming. But there were 4 huge outs at 3rd and the plate that probably cost the Jays this game. I laughed at the challenge on blocking...of course that catcher was in front of the plate, he waited so long after getting the relay that he had to stretch to avoid cramping.
Seriously, Schenider was out by 6 feet. How do you send him on the play? You have to give Vladdy the chance to bring that run home, especially in the 10th.
Sadly, I think this game will be the turning point in the series. The Jays had it in their hands and let it slip away. This wasn't an all-time classic, it's a miracle of one team being handed a game on a platter by a mind boggling series of managerial and coaching blunders combined with an absolute dearth of clutch hitting, having the best player on the planet hit two homers and be walked 6 times, and still taking 18 innings to close the door.
The Jays threw this game away, but full credit to the Dodgers for not wanting it either. They tried their best to lose it, but just couldn't pull it off.
On a positive note, the bullpen was awesome. Holding that lineup to two runs over 13 innings is unbelievable. Just such a shame no one had their back.