Congrats to Dodgers Catcher and hometown hero Will Smith for winning his second world series with the Dodgers
Congrats to UofL alumni Dodgers Catcher Will Smith
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It’s kinda surreal if you think about it! W.Buehler the closing Pitcher is from Lexington throwing to Will Smith the catcher from Louisville to win the World Series 😎
They showed real grit in game 5 and the Yankees basically opened the door for the Dodgers with three really bad errors. Ruined a great performance from Cole.
had the $300,000,000 contract receiving cole simply run to first like very pitcher is taught from peewee leagues, they would have gotten out of the inning unscathed, he would have made 15 or so less pitches, would have continued the shutout, would have kept the 5-0 lead, and would have given the yankees absolute momentum going back to LA. Cole choked, plain and simple. the entire inning would have been forgotten had he simply continued to run to 1st base. but he's a diva, started to run then said nah, let the 1st basemen handle it all by himself so he could run to the dugout quicker. cole is the 100% reason they lost and he's going to regret it forever if he has any soul. btw, i was born in NY, grew up a yankee fan but when i learned as a kid the dodgers were from brooklyn, i started rooting for them first. so couldn;t lose in this series, but cole choked, plain and simple. all the other mistakes would have been erased had he simply run to first like he should have.
You could feel the momentum switching sides after the error!
The Aaron Judge dropped fly ball was another costly error. Correct me if I’m wrong but was that Judges first error of his MLB career?
I thought that I heard the play by play guy say
still, they had two outs, and no runs in and they got mookie on a weak grounder to first. cole simply makes the play he's supposed too and momentum is all on yankees side. not judge's fault at all. his error only put on extra man on. cole's mind fart allowed all five runs to score after. simply, he runs to first base like every single pitcher is taught from peewee league and he screwed the pooch. no other way to put it. run to first base and the inning is over and no runs score.
I agree Coles error was the ultimately cost them the lead and eventually the game. Judge error certainly played a part. If he catches the routine fly ball there’s only a man on first and 1 out. Then they are one ground ball away from the inning ending double play.
I’m not sure he beats Mookie to first. But you’re right, that was the boner that killed the Yanks. The Dodgers probably still win the series, but New York could have made it interesting.
