Former Yankees and Mets manager Buck Showalter calls it like he sees it.
After Game 6 of the World Series was potentially decided over a ballpark blunder in the ninth inning, he railed over a “multi-billion-dollar industry” allowing this to happen.
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Blue Jays right fielder Addison Barger laced what should have been an RBI double to centerfield. Instead, the ball got wedged beneath the padding of the centerfield wall, preventing the lead runner from scoring.
“As soon as it was hit, I said, ‘The Dodgers might win the whole World Series because a ball got stuck in the wedge.’ We’ve got a multi-billion-dollar industry,” Showalter said, befuddled, via X/Twitter. “Why can’t we get fields where (the padding) goes all the way to the bottom, and that can’t happen? We probably got a tied ball game if that ball doesn’t get wedged in there … in that inning.”
Had the ball not gotten stuck, the Blue Jays would have cut the Dodgers’ lead to 3-2 and had a runner in scoring position with no outs in the ninth inning. Instead, it remained 3-1 with runners on second and third.
The Blue Jays still had three opportunities to, at least, tie the game. Instead, they recorded three straight outs to end the game, the Dodgers forcing a Game 7.
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