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[TDiddyLive]

I'm not a baseball guy, enjoyed watching this WS though, but is there some sort of controversy or something about a broken bat? Or is it just a metaphor for the Blue Jay's season blowing up in the end?

Not a baseball guy, myself, but watched and thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing (WS). I do know that broken bats are super common, so no controversy.

Exactly. Shohei also broke his bat in the 11th inning. It just happens sometimes.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I'm not a baseball guy, enjoyed watching this WS though, but is there some sort of controversy or something about a broken bat? Or is it just a metaphor for the Blue Jay's season blowing up in the end?

No controversy. It happens. Was just an unlucky symbolic way of losing where nobody wanted to touch it.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

>be Isiah Kiner-Falefa
>only good at running
>brought into Game 7 bottom of the 9th to pinch run on third
>batter makes contact, actually have chance to be World Series winning run
>feet-first slide into home base on a force play (???)
>get out by literally 0.1 seconds
>lose World Series

What screwed up the scoring wasnt the slide. Coach told him to stay close to the bag (the runner said so when asked after the game by reporters), so his lead off third base was gimped. Made no sense since the batter doesn't hit opposite field much and the third baseman wasnt even close to him. So a catch and rush tag to double him off is going to be rare if impossible. His third base lead off probably could had been an extra 5 ft.

What probably happened is in game 6 the Jays guy got doubled off to end the game, so the coaches told lead runners to hold tight in game 7 so it doesnt happen two games in a row.

 

[GateofD]

I don't do baseball cards, but I do pick up random lower end shohei cards when I see them