Fixed.
He admitted he left a DH in the outfield so he could celebrate with the boys instead of putting in Endy Chavez as a defensive replacement. He must’ve been a few lines deep.
Gary Pettis, per Ray Fosse on an A's broadcast, stated that he told Cruz to back up and stay but he kept coming in while Freese's at bat was going on.
While I agree that Washington was a bad in game manager and is a much, much better teacher of the game, a lot of the blame falls on Nellie. He was being coached to play back.