GDT: 2020 World Series: (AL) Tampa Bay Rays vs (NL) Los Angeles Dodgers - LAD wins 4-2
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Del Preston
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If they knew the test result in the 2nd inning why was he allowed to stay in the game until after the 7th?
Terry Yake
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because MLB wasn't about to cancel the game and postpone the series for two weeks
Del Preston
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I wasn't expecting them to cancel the game but the league is saying he was ordered off the field when they found out about the result. He stayed in for another five innings and they did nothing about it. This is some amateur stuff.
He was like five feet from hitting a 2-run homer in the 6th too. Lol, imagine the shitstorm if that had happened.
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Dodgers are my favorite Baseball team but with all the things that have happened over the last few years with the scandals and then shortened season this year among other things I have zero excitement for them winning the World Series. I don't know if I will ever have much excitement for anything to do with Baseball ever again 
PanthersPens62
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The only thing more annoying than Cash's move is going to be the analytics zealots defending it to the death.
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Preach Willybuns!
I dunno man, he has some horrendous take.
Mostly about how wins as a stat matters.
DougieSmash
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Well, Game 4 was epic but that wasn't much interesting World Series at all. Dodgers cleary are much much better team. Not close at all.
Voight
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Enjoyed seeing them win but was hoping for a more exciting clinching game 
Great to see them have their day after being cheated out of 2 titles. Kershaw was able to exercise his post season demons and negate all the bad talking points about him.
Given the close contact he had with his own team and members of the Rays, cancelling the game may have been what was needed. I'm not saying they should've or anything, but either way, I'm guessing they let him stay in given it was potentially the last game of the season and then when the Dodgers won, the season was over.
Great to see them have their day after being cheated out of 2 titles. Kershaw was able to exercise his post season demons and negate all the bad talking points about him.
Given the close contact he had with his own team and members of the Rays, cancelling the game may have been what was needed. I'm not saying they should've or anything, but either way, I'm guessing they let him stay in given it was potentially the last game of the season and then when the Dodgers won, the season was over.
Voight
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Please. He didn't take away the trophy when the Asterisks and Shit Sox cheated. It would be a PR nightmare and COMPLETELY unnecessary to take the trophy away. MLB didn't exactly try to stop Turner from going back onto the field either.
MLB putting players health & safety at risk in order to not lose any money? Shocker!
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Yeah unless this was some false positive how the hell did he get it when MLB was supposedly in a mobile bubble? Then again Justin Turner showed his stupidity even AFTER testing positive in the celebration so I guess it isn't that hard to believe he had some magic wings or something outside the bubble.
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That's another thing, why did they even take him out at all if they were gonna pull that crap and ignore baseball to begin with? What the heck was taking him out for two innings gonna do when he played the whole game AND ran amok in the postgame?!
The Dodgers should really be fined and lose draft picks for playing fast and loose with the protocols like this. MLB was probably complicit in some fashion though...Manfred makes Roger Goodell look like Pete Rozelle.
Imagine if this happened earlier in the series?!
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Hockeyholic
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Cash is in a no win situation. If he leaves the guy in, and the Dodgers explode, he gets the Grady Little treatment. If he takes him out, and the bullpen fails to perform, he gets the Dusty Baker treatment from 2002 game 6.
The decision he made isn't that controversial imo. He's doing what they've done all year. It didn't work out. That's baseball.
The decision he made isn't that controversial imo. He's doing what they've done all year. It didn't work out. That's baseball.
Voight
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Well this caps a horrendous year for Manfred
- Gives the Astros and Red Sox a slap on the wrist after they cheated and won championships
- Calls the Commissioners Trophy a "piece of metal"
- Picks a fight with the MLBPA during discussions on how to run the season, almost had to cancel this year
- Had multiple outbreaks early in the season, IIRC at one point 20% of the leagues teams couldn't play
- Now we have a player who basically ignored all rules when it comes to COVID (I don't fault the Dodgers here as much; MLB should have personnel (or a 3rd party) in place to prevent things like Turner leaving isolation to go celebrate)
They should can him and hire someone from outside the league office. IMO when you have a Selig type who runs the league for so long, their replacement should be fresh blood.
- Gives the Astros and Red Sox a slap on the wrist after they cheated and won championships
- Calls the Commissioners Trophy a "piece of metal"
- Picks a fight with the MLBPA during discussions on how to run the season, almost had to cancel this year
- Had multiple outbreaks early in the season, IIRC at one point 20% of the leagues teams couldn't play
- Now we have a player who basically ignored all rules when it comes to COVID (I don't fault the Dodgers here as much; MLB should have personnel (or a 3rd party) in place to prevent things like Turner leaving isolation to go celebrate)
They should can him and hire someone from outside the league office. IMO when you have a Selig type who runs the league for so long, their replacement should be fresh blood.
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If you make the decision to win/lose with your best then it is what it is. Cash didn’t do that. It’s game 6 of the f***ing world aeries and you take the ball out of Snells hand who is your ace and is pitching a historically good game and you give it to Anderson who is a gas can. He proceeds to promptly give up runs and becomes the record holder for most consecutive playoff appearances while giving up a run.
That’s not using analytics to your advantage in the situation. That’s straight up spreadsheet management and he deserves to be fired for it
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Worst coaching decision Ive seen since the Seahawks not handing the ball to Lynch. Why have a manager if you're not going to have amy feel for the game and predetermine what you're going to do. Smoltz made good points on the broadcast about how usage and stress are different in the playoffs and for whatever reason he turned the game over to someone who hasn't been pitching well
If Snell was at like 100 pitches I get it but in the 70s? And Betts and Seager were 0 for 4 with 4 k's against him. Just stupid. Just let robots manage if this is what you're going to do
If Snell was at like 100 pitches I get it but in the 70s? And Betts and Seager were 0 for 4 with 4 k's against him. Just stupid. Just let robots manage if this is what you're going to do
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Rays could return if they add solid middle of the order bat. The rotation is scary good with Snell/Glasnow/Morton, they have awesome depth in the pen but could use some power other than Roza
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Yeah this is the best part. There's not another manager in the game that pulls Snell there. Not one. I wonder what numbers Cash was sitting on that nobody else in the world would act upon. What a smart guy, next level!
Well, Cash's protege Montoyo likely would have as well.
But beyond that, your point is bang on.
