It was the most debated play of the year in Major League Baseball, perhaps the most dissected and discussed sequence in World Series history.

Should Isiah Kiner-Falefa have taken a bigger lead? Why did the third base coach draw a line in the dirt right there? What if IKF sprinted to the plate instead of sliding?

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