1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: Hello, Dodger Blue Dreamers. A short preface, hard to believe. 2 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 1: It's already been most of a week since the Dodgers 3 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: did it, winning their second consecutive World Series title in 4 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:19,440 Speaker 1: a fall classic that is being talked about as maybe 5 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: the best World Series ever and a deciding Game seven 6 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: that I think is the best baseball game I have 7 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: ever seen. It had it all, and thank goodness, a 8 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: happy ending Dodger blue dream came true again. It's turning 9 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: into a recurring dream, and that is beyond any fantasy 10 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: I ever would have entertained before I started making this show. 11 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: Since when the Los Angeles Dodgers have won the World 12 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: Series in each of their two opportunities, the first back 13 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: to back winners in twenty five years. So today on 14 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: the show, we're gonna look back on Game seven, the 15 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:10,479 Speaker 1: winner take all game, and relive some of the most 16 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: exciting moments of baseball ever played. 17 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 2: And I'm gonna start edge of the seat the entire 18 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 2: time right here. 19 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: Breathe parks, top of the ninth inning in Toronto, Game seven, 20 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: four to three Blue Jays, and we got Miggy row 21 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: do up. 22 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 2: This is it, This is it. 23 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,759 Speaker 1: Game seven, top of the ninth inning, the Dodgers are 24 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: on the ropes. It's four to three Blue Jays, winner 25 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: take all game. If the Dodgers don't score here in 26 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: this inning, it's all over. Rarely cat back on it worked. 27 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: Last inning goes one run with one out, meaning two 28 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: more outs, and the game and series and season is over. 29 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: Dodgers veteran backup shortstop and known clubhouse leader, Miguel Rojas 30 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: miggi Row steps into the box. 31 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 2: Come on, let's make something happen. 32 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 1: He taps the plate with his bat, waves it once 33 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: toward Toronto reliever Jeff Hoffman, maggi Row and bounces it 34 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 1: off his back shoulder a few times. 35 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 2: Wow, meggi Row at the plate, sold out. 36 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: Crowd on its feet, the underdog. I love meggi Row. 37 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: He is my kind of ballplayer. He plays shortstop with 38 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: a beletic grace that is just a joy to watch, 39 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:46,959 Speaker 1: air handing little numbers that would otherwise go for infield hits, 40 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 1: stabbing hard hit grounders as they scream passed at triple 41 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: digit speeds, and galloping like a gazelle onto the outfield 42 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,920 Speaker 1: grass to make plays other guys just don't make. Plus, 43 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: he's known for his team leadership, he makes it a 44 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,679 Speaker 1: point to mentor the younger guys, often taking them out 45 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:08,359 Speaker 1: to buy them new Jordan sneakers. He's played an integral 46 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: role in Mooki's switch to shortstop, and when the team's bonding, 47 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: miggi Row is always the guy right in the middle 48 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 1: of it. He's the MC with the microphone on the 49 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: team bus. He's known as the glue. It keeps this 50 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: special group of guys bonded together. He said that he 51 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: wants to manage one day, and you can see how 52 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: he'd be a great manager. And then there's his flare, 53 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: that blue Onyx von Cleef necklace that he wears, plus 54 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: the matching stud earrings. There's not too many guys who 55 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: can pull that off. With the iblack put on miggi Row, 56 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: it works. But miggi Row is a career below average hitter. 57 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: His ops plus is point eight two. That means he's 58 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: almost twenty percent less productive offensively than the league average 59 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: player over his career. And miggi Row particularly has true 60 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: facing righty's and Toronto has Jeff Hoffman, a very tough, 61 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: hard throwing righty on the mound to close out this 62 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: game and this series for the Blue Jays. On top 63 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: of all that, Miggie is thirty six aseball old, and 64 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: he hadn't played much through this October. This was just 65 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 1: his second start since October first, and in the only 66 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: other game he started, the previous night's Game six, he'd 67 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: gone oh for three and he hadn't recorded a hit 68 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 1: in a month. So, honestly, I was kind of surprised 69 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:38,600 Speaker 1: that Dodgers manager Dave Roberts let Miggi row hit here 70 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 1: with just two precious outs remaining before a World Series defeat. Dave, 71 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: what was the mood in the dugout like when mcel 72 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 1: was coming up there in the ninth. 73 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 3: Obviously it doesn't look great, you know, in that moment. 74 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: In a presser following the game, the La Times, Jack 75 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 1: Harris asked Dave Roberts about his decision to use Mggi here. 76 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 3: But you know, for us him to take the bat, 77 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 3: you know, it's nice when you can look down the 78 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 3: roster and have twenty six guys if you believe in 79 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 3: and know that at some point in time their number 80 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 3: is gonna be called, and and that's kind of what happened. 81 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 3: And so you know, Miggy row I talk about the 82 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 3: game honors you, and you know right there the game 83 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 3: honitor them. 84 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 2: Wow, Maggie row at the play rule, so gonna do 85 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 2: that slider? 86 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: With that slider on the dirt, Miggy's first swing on 87 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: a pitch down and a way and way out of 88 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:33,919 Speaker 1: the zone did not look good. 89 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 4: Every quarner of the roster is contributed during this run. 90 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: Going into this ninth inning, the Blue Jays had a 91 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: ninety one point seven win probability. 92 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,280 Speaker 4: Take Good or they even bodied to forget him. 93 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: During this at bat, Joe Davis and John Smoltz started 94 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: doing their wrap up talk block and they did the 95 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: thing where they show close ups of all the Blue 96 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: Jays players that had a big game, which gives you 97 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: an idea of how much faith people had that this 98 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: game could turn around at this point. 99 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 5: Went the distance in the Championship Series and have done 100 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 5: the same in the World Series. 101 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 2: No, I Hay. 102 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 1: When they start doing the wrap up spiels, it's like, 103 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:12,799 Speaker 1: it's not over. 104 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,359 Speaker 2: We could still win this game. We could. 105 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 5: So Toni waits on deck, Is Hoffman throws two runner. 106 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 2: We get a base runner for show. 107 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: Hey, the camera's cut to show Hey, who's standing on deck? 108 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: The guy we've all been thinking about, praying for a 109 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,119 Speaker 1: heroic moment from our superstar. 110 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 5: Hoffins two one in the air, foul round. 111 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 4: That is going to reach the seats. 112 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 1: Meggie can't catch up to Hoffman's fastball. 113 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 2: Come on, Meggie, come on, Meggi Row. 114 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 5: Two two pitch ros rise. It often stays alive. 115 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 1: Two and two, ballot sounding just this, that's ball three, 116 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: William three and two and with the count now full, 117 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:01,799 Speaker 1: everybody knows that a strike is coming. Jeff Hoffman doesn't 118 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 1: want to face show Hey with a runner on and 119 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,040 Speaker 1: a chance to take the lead. He's going to give 120 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 1: him something to hit because he does not want to 121 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: walk him and then face show Hey. 122 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 2: So he's gonna give him something in the zone. Come on, Maggie, 123 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 2: come on, biggie, bro. You got this, y'all. 124 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 6: Real? 125 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 4: Do not building deep. 126 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: The unlikely hero? Meggie Row, Yeah, I was never I 127 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: was never trying to beat that. 128 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 2: How run? 129 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 7: I think this is a first one wrong against right hand. 130 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 7: The picture during the whole year, and he came to 131 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 7: the biggest bottle of my life and my career in 132 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 7: front of these fans, saying in front of the and 133 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 7: my teammates kind of like, Hey, I can read this 134 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 7: guy right now, the emotions that I fail. 135 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 5: This unlikely source says changed Game seven. 136 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 4: It's tied at four. 137 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: Today on the show, we're talking all about Game seven, 138 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: but we're digging in deep on that exhilarating ending the 139 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: ninth through eleventh innings that followed this historic home run, 140 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: perhaps the most important home run in Dodgers' World Series history, 141 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 1: because it saved us from defeat and opened the doorway 142 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,959 Speaker 1: to some of the most exciting baseball I have ever seen. 143 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: And then it culminated in a Dodgers win and a 144 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: second consecutive World Series title, something that had not been 145 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: done in twenty five years, and the establishment of a 146 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:49,839 Speaker 1: Dodgers dynasty three World Series wins in six years, and 147 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:54,200 Speaker 1: the second in two years that I've spent making this show, 148 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 1: Dodger Blue Dream. I'm Richard Parks, the third Thanks for 149 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: tuning in today's episode Game seven. 150 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 2: What do you think should we keep doing this every year? 151 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 2: Dream On. 152 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: They say that baseball is a game of inches. What's 153 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 1: fair and what's foul, what's a strike and what's a ball, 154 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: what's safe and what's out? These things are a matter 155 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:43,839 Speaker 1: of minuscule margins, a game of inches, or, as this 156 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: is the World Series and we are in Canada, a 157 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 1: game of millimeters, if you will, and you should in 158 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: the case of the bottom of the ninth inning of 159 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: this game seven, because with a tie game thanks to 160 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 1: Miggy Rose improb bull home run, there would be a 161 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: play that made all the difference for the result of 162 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:08,959 Speaker 1: this game. And it looked a lot closer than mere inches. 163 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 1: By the way, if you're wondering, there are about twenty 164 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: five millimeters in an inch. For my American listeners. 165 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 2: All right, beautiful, beautiful thing. It's bottom of the ninth. 166 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 2: If they score, they win. 167 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: In the bottom of the ninth inning Thai game, Blake 168 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: Snell on the mound for the Dodgers, and we were 169 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: gonna need him to be nearly perfect because as the 170 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 1: home team, all the Blue Jays had to do to 171 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: win the World Series was push a single run across. 172 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,439 Speaker 2: And here they come. 173 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:49,680 Speaker 5: Rolling. 174 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 4: He just missed. 175 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 1: Vladimir Guerrero Junior just misses hitting a walk off home 176 00:10:56,040 --> 00:11:01,719 Speaker 1: run for the first out. But then Bob Sheet singles. 177 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 4: Line drive left field. That's down, and. 178 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: Addison Barger works a walk after a nine pitch battle 179 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 1: with Snell. 180 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 4: Payoff shut no way running a store. 181 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:19,439 Speaker 1: Position control is usually the first thing to go when 182 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: a pitcher's tired and Snell was slipping. 183 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 5: Yoshi Nobu Yamamoto, twenty four hours after starting, had a 184 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 5: winning game. 185 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 4: Six wow. 186 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 5: Ready to do some heroic stuff coming on to face 187 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 5: kirk and a tie game at the bottom of the night. 188 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:42,719 Speaker 1: Dave Roberts calls for right handed pitcher Yoshi Nobu Yamamoto, 189 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 1: who had already started and won two games in this 190 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 1: World Series, including Game six the day before. On zero 191 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: day's rest. Yamamoto comes out of the bullpen with two 192 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 1: on and one out in the bottom of the ninth 193 00:11:58,679 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 1: inning and a tie game. 194 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 4: Oh wow, oh wow, Ready to do. 195 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 1: Some bullet stuff to face Toronto catcher Alejandro. 196 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 4: Kirker, the catcher that nobody wanted. 197 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 1: Yama had thrown almost one hundred high pressure pitches the 198 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 1: day before. He'd thrown a complete game in Game two, 199 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 1: his second consecutive complete game after a three hitter he 200 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: threw during the CS. 201 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 4: A chance to be a World Series hero. Takes a stride. 202 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: First pitch splitter in there. It doesn't look like the 203 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 1: fatigue is affecting Yama at all, but then on just 204 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: the second pitch he throws, sinker, slips on it, and 205 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: it hits Kirk on the forearm. Faces loaded, Yama closes 206 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: his eyes and throws his head back like h one 207 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: out Dalton Varshow coming to the pot. 208 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,200 Speaker 4: Anyone walked it off with a sacrifice fly. 209 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 5: At nineteen twelve, the Red Sox did it against Christy 210 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 5: Mathewson the hotel. 211 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 1: Favor, with the bases loaded and one out in the 212 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:18,680 Speaker 1: bottom of the ninth inning and a tie ball game. 213 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 1: There are so many ways for the home team to win. 214 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 1: You don't need to get a hit to win it. 215 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 1: Any ball hit in the air hard enough could win it, 216 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 1: as long as the runner at third tags up and 217 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: makes it home before the throw. A ground ball could 218 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: win it if the force out isn't made at home, 219 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 1: and if it's not a double play. Obviously a walk 220 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 1: or a hit by pitch could win it. But mostly 221 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 1: we're all thinking about the sacrifice fly. If Dalton Varshow 222 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: can get the ball in the air to the outfield, 223 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: especially to the middle to right side of the outfield, 224 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 1: he could give his teammate on third base enough time 225 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: to tag up and make it home, and only a 226 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:08,440 Speaker 1: high velocity, very accurate throw from the outfield with a 227 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: good tag could stop that from happening. Two players on 228 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:17,439 Speaker 1: the baseball field were subbed in in this inning, specifically 229 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: for a scenario like this one from each team. For 230 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: the Blue Jays, Isaiah Kiner Falaffa Ikf is now the 231 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 1: runner at third base. Blue Jays manager John Schneider subbed 232 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 1: him in after Bashett singled. Bashett is coming off of 233 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 1: an injury, and he's not running well. He's got a 234 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: bum knee, and this was a big decision. Bashett had 235 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: hit the three run home run that had given the 236 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 1: Blue Jays the lead in the first place. It's still 237 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: a tie ball game, and theoretically it could go on forever, 238 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 1: but Schneider opted for a fresh base runner over keeping 239 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:57,239 Speaker 1: Bashett's bat in the lineup. They're trying to win it here, obviously, 240 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: in the bottom of the ninth. Ikf's is to take 241 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 1: every opportunity to make it home with smart base running. 242 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 1: And for the Dodgers, Dave Roberts has brought in Andy 243 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 1: Payees to play center field. Pajes had been in the 244 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: lineup all postseason long. He's a very talented young ballplayer. 245 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 1: He plays great defense and the motivating factor for this switch. 246 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 1: He has a terrific arm, and he had a really 247 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 1: good year at the plate too. He hit twenty seven 248 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 1: home runs, But when the calendar turned to October, Pie 249 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: started slumping. In fifty one at bats, he'd gotten only 250 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: four hits for a point zero seven to eight batting average. 251 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 1: As the nine hole hitter in front of Shohei Otani. 252 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 1: That's just not acceptable. Ironically, Pajes's offensive struggles are actually 253 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 1: the reason that Miguel Rojas was in the lineup for 254 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: this World Series. Dave Roberts had put Miggy Rowe at 255 00:15:57,160 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: second and moved Tommy Edmund into play center field. But 256 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 1: Tommy Edmund doesn't have a great arm and Andy Pajes does, 257 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: and so after the hit by pitch that loaded the bases, 258 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 1: Dave Roberts subbed in Andy Pajes. I kf is at 259 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: third trying to get home. Andy Pajes is in center 260 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 1: field trying to stop him, and Miggy Rowe, having just 261 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 1: hit the home run to tie the game in the 262 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 1: top of the inning, is playing second. Bottom of the ninth, 263 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 1: one out. 264 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 2: Don't show him. 265 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 5: Up, No where to put him free alto photo gonna 266 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 5: from out for the winning role. 267 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: Everybody at the Rogers Center is standing and after a 268 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 1: foul ball and a cold strike, it's one and two. 269 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 4: One two pitch bar show. 270 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 1: Varshow chops a one to two splitter to the right 271 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 1: side of the infield, right towards Miguel Rojas, who's playing 272 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: on the edge of the infield grass in to reduce 273 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 1: the time it would take to make this play. At 274 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:10,880 Speaker 1: the plate, Miggie ranges slightly to his right, drops down 275 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 1: briefly to his right knee, and stabs the ball off 276 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:19,120 Speaker 1: the second bounce backhanded. With Ikf running flat out towards 277 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 1: home plate, Miggie wobbles his momentum carrying him backwards, but 278 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: then he rights himself, plants his feet, double clutches, and 279 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:30,879 Speaker 1: throws home to Will Smith, who stretches out his left 280 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: arm like a first baseman to glove the ball for 281 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: a force out just ahead of Ikf's foot first slide. 282 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: Game of inches or millimeters. Let's roll the tape a second. 283 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:55,400 Speaker 6: Let's the girl Rosas, who ties it on the top 284 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:57,400 Speaker 6: of the kne saves it on. 285 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 2: The bottom of the nine. Wow, you got the runner 286 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 2: at home. I mean he was stumbling. 287 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 4: They're going to take a look, just to take a look. 288 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 8: But he had lost his balance right here and gathered 289 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 8: to make the draw very close. Look at this, I 290 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 8: mean almost loses every bit of those balance to make 291 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:16,920 Speaker 8: this drow. 292 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 2: But oh, he's on the plate. 293 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: But then looking at the replay, there's a problem. 294 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 8: Question is going to be that will Smith have his 295 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:34,359 Speaker 8: spike on the plate or not in time on the field, 296 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 8: is that he's out. 297 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 1: As he stretches out to catch the ball, Will Smith 298 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 1: lifts his right cleat off of home plate just at 299 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 1: the moment Ikf is sliding in before putting it back 300 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:50,399 Speaker 1: down again. Blue Jays manager John Schneider challenges the out 301 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: call at home. If the call is reversed, the Blue 302 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 1: Jays win the World Series. 303 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 4: Man, this would be an epic reversal. It's off, it's down. 304 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 4: I think it's back down. 305 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 5: Before his foot it's the plate where it's so close. 306 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:22,399 Speaker 1: Then, instead of a World Series victory for the Blue Jays, 307 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 1: it was the second out of the bottom of the 308 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:28,360 Speaker 1: ninth inning, still a tie game, and a bird's eye 309 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:33,919 Speaker 1: view shows that Ikf had a very small lead off 310 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 1: a third base at the time of contact. With Mickey 311 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 1: Rose stumbling backwards and the kind of double clutch and 312 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,119 Speaker 1: Will Smith lifting his cleat off of the plate, it 313 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 1: is highly plausible, if not certain, that Ikf would have 314 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,639 Speaker 1: been safe in the Blue Jays would have won the 315 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 1: World Series had Ikf taken a normal length lead off 316 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: of third base. The night before Game six of the 317 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 1: World Series ended on a double play where there was 318 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,919 Speaker 1: a fly ball to Keik Hernandez in the outfield and 319 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:08,920 Speaker 1: then he threw to Miggy Row at second and doubled 320 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: off Addison Barger, and apparently the Blue Jays coaching staff 321 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 1: was trying to avoid something similar here. They told us 322 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:20,400 Speaker 1: to stay close to the base. Ikf told sportsnets Ben 323 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:23,439 Speaker 1: Nicholson Smith after the game. They don't want us to 324 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: get doubled off in that situation with a hard line drive. 325 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 1: Varshow hits the ball really really hard. Munsey's right there. 326 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 1: I'm waiting for a backpick from Will Smith in that situation, 327 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: meaning throw to third to pick him off. So Ikf 328 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:40,919 Speaker 1: is giving two reasons for the short lead. One that 329 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,640 Speaker 1: a line drive right at Munsei would give him enough 330 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 1: time to both catch the ball and beat Ikf back 331 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 1: to third to double him off and end the inning, 332 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:53,640 Speaker 1: and two that Will Smith would backpick him, which many 333 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 1: baseball media people have pointed out is a play that 334 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 1: has basically never happened. Ikf is said that he wanted 335 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: to avoid a double play, which I guess he succeeded 336 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 1: in doing. The inning continued with two outs, which led 337 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:12,440 Speaker 1: to another play that nobody will ever forget. We'll get 338 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: into that and the rest of the thrilling, entertaining baseball 339 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: that ensued during Game seven. After a short break, still 340 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 1: in the bottom of the ninth inning, with the bases 341 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:48,120 Speaker 1: still loaded, Ernie Clement comes to the plate with yet 342 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 1: another chance for the Blue Jays to score a run 343 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 1: and win this World Series. 344 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 5: Ernie Clement has talked it more hits in this postseason 345 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 5: than any hitter in any postseason. 346 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 1: I am a perennial baseball Pollyanna. I never give up faith, 347 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 1: but I will admit that in this moment, I thought 348 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 1: for sure the Dodgers were gonna lose the World Series. 349 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 1: The way the ball came off the bat, solid contact, 350 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,680 Speaker 1: shooting straight up to left center field, it just looked 351 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 1: like trouble. 352 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 4: Hernandez on the run up. 353 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:28,359 Speaker 1: The broadcast shows a wide shot of the outfield, and 354 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:31,879 Speaker 1: you see Keik Hernandez, who's playing left field, racing to 355 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:35,440 Speaker 1: the warning track, looking back over his right shoulder. As 356 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 1: the ball flies through the air towards the outfield, seats operas. 357 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 1: But then as the camera zooms in, Andy Pajes enters 358 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 1: the frame. He was playing super shallow in center field, 359 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: but it looks like he's got a bead on the 360 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:52,160 Speaker 1: ball as well, coming from the opposite direction. The two 361 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 1: outfielders triangulating towards the baseball. I wonder as either of 362 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:00,199 Speaker 1: them have it clocked. It just doesn't look good, and 363 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 1: I still can't tell if the ball is going to 364 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 1: stay in the ballpark. If it goes out, the blue 365 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 1: Jays win. If it drops, the blue Jays win. And 366 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: the reaction in the room I was watching in tells 367 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 1: the tail PA has over time. 368 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 2: As they reach the warning. 369 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:22,439 Speaker 1: Track, the two outfielders are vectoring towards each other, running 370 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 1: at top speed on a collision course with either the ball, 371 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: the wall, or themselves, each of them traveling at if 372 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:33,679 Speaker 1: we use their top sprint speeds, almost thirty feet per second. 373 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:36,160 Speaker 1: These are two beefyed dudes. 374 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 2: Mind you. 375 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 1: Andy Pajes is listed at six' one two hundred and 376 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:44,439 Speaker 1: twelve Pounds kik five ten one ninety. 377 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 2: Five that's a lot of. 378 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 1: Meat by the time their feet hit the dirt of 379 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: the warning, track they're about six feet, apart both of 380 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:56,119 Speaker 1: their necks crane, back staring straight, up eyes fixed on 381 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: the ball. Overhead it doesn't look like either of them 382 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 1: is calling the other, off but the crowd's, deafening so 383 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: there's no way that they could hear one another. 384 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 2: Anyway and With kik trying to make. 385 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,439 Speaker 1: A basket catch glove out in front of him Like Willie, 386 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 1: mays they both start to jump and their front legs 387 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,120 Speaker 1: collide and Pa haes basically body. 388 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 2: Slams kik in mid. 389 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 1: Air he dunks on, him his left thigh kind of 390 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:20,400 Speaker 1: Clotheslining keik's, back and in, Midair kik kind of goes 391 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 1: into a backflip with his legs rotating up out in 392 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: front of, him and then Pa, hees now sailing up 393 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:29,639 Speaker 1: above his, teammate squeezes the ball in his mitt and 394 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 1: slams into the wall As kik rolls in the dirt. 395 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 1: Below holy. 396 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 4: Like if that was football was passing. 397 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 2: Appearance, right thank, you thank, you thank. 398 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 9: You, okay so bases load at nine, thing ball, drops 399 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 9: we lose. 400 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 1: Right KEY k talked about his experience of the catch 401 00:24:59,200 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 1: On Jimmy. 402 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 2: KIM i get a bad, JUMP i. 403 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:03,320 Speaker 5: BROKE i have to step in and. 404 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,120 Speaker 9: Then i'm running And i'm thinking about my entire life 405 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 9: As i'm following this, ball AND i felt Like i've 406 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 9: ran four on a mere, dash and like AS i 407 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 9: finally am about to catch the, Ball i'm, like the 408 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 9: only THING i got to worry about is the, wall, 409 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,439 Speaker 9: Right and if you look at the, Video i'm slowing 410 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,119 Speaker 9: down Because i've got it and out of. NOWHERE i 411 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 9: felt like AN nba player because my teammate posterized me 412 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 9: AND i go down and in my head everything is, 413 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:31,919 Speaker 9: quiet which should have told me that he caught. It 414 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 9: But i'm like my brain has protecting me from. Heartbreak 415 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:37,680 Speaker 9: we just lost This World series. 416 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:39,639 Speaker 2: Because my teammate dunked on. 417 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 9: Me And i'm just laying on the ground sad because 418 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 9: we had just lost The World series AND i feel 419 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:45,360 Speaker 9: it like. 420 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:46,919 Speaker 2: A tap in the. Back he's, like are you? 421 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,640 Speaker 9: Okay AND i was, like f, me being, okay did 422 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 9: you catch? 423 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:52,920 Speaker 4: It he, goes, YEAH i caught. 424 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 2: IT i was, like, oh, yeah let's. 425 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 4: GO i just got. 426 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 9: It you would have caught it. 427 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 1: Out ninth inning. 428 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:03,439 Speaker 8: Over. 429 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:12,399 Speaker 1: Wow so basses loaded and The jays came so so 430 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 1: close to winning it more than once in the bottom 431 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 1: of the, ninth but no. Dice onto the top of the, 432 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 1: Tenth freddy flies, out but Then mooki draws a, walk 433 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 1: And munsey singles to center field first and. Second Then 434 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 1: tao works a. Walk Good, anya and the basses are. 435 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 1: Loaded we've got a chance to blow this thing, open 436 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,199 Speaker 1: which would be great because the guy we have on 437 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,119 Speaker 1: the mound threw one hundred pitches yesterday and through a 438 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:44,120 Speaker 1: complete game a couple days before. That but with the bases, 439 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 1: loaded All Andy pajes could do is ground out to 440 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,920 Speaker 1: shortstop and with The toronto infield in in a play 441 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 1: that mirrored what happened in the bottom of the ninth 442 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:57,120 Speaker 1: inning With Ikf mooki was forced out at, home except 443 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: Unlike Ikf mooki was out by a. Mile after, That 444 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 1: kiki had a swinging bunt to the right side and 445 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 1: that was the third. 446 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:10,120 Speaker 5: Out Torontos ona the basis on a Jam it's. Day 447 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 5: it's tied at four the flottom of the tenth. 448 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:17,120 Speaker 1: Did gage seven bottom of the. Tenth The jays had 449 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:19,399 Speaker 1: the nine hole hitter due, up and then it was 450 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 1: the top of the, order post season hero and. Revile 451 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:27,119 Speaker 1: the Former houston Astro George springer was due, next But 452 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 1: yama was nails three, up three down the eleventh. 453 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,640 Speaker 5: Inning this is a night we're going to talk about 454 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:37,879 Speaker 5: for a long, time no matter how it, finishes no 455 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:39,199 Speaker 5: matter who the last two. 456 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 1: Is before we'd had eighteen innings In game, three and 457 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 1: it was starting to feel like this one could go 458 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 1: on forever. Too for the top of the, eleventh we 459 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 1: Had Meggie, rowe the game's home run hitting, hero followed 460 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 1: By Shoe, hey the best baseball player On, earth, who 461 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 1: in his first two seasons as A dodger has hit 462 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:09,160 Speaker 1: over one hundred home runs and could easily change this 463 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 1: into a five to four game with a single, swing 464 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 1: followed By Will, Smith america's. Catcher But toronto had brought 465 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 1: On Cy Young award Winner Shane, bieber who had outpitched 466 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 1: Show hay In game, four to help hold the, lead 467 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 1: and with just three, Pitches bieber had induced groundouts from 468 00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:32,199 Speaker 1: Both meggie row and Show. Hey it was up To 469 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 1: smitty Will. Smith before This game, seven in the history 470 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:41,280 Speaker 1: of The World, series there had only ever been one 471 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 1: game tying or go ahead home run hit in the 472 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 1: ninth inning or later of a winner take all. Game 473 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:52,560 Speaker 1: that Was Bill mazeroski in nineteen. Sixty Miggi roe's home 474 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: run in the top of the ninth was the second 475 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:58,600 Speaker 1: such home. Run and then here in the eleventh Will 476 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 1: smith Joined zarowski And Miggy rowe on this. 477 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 4: List, smith it's a high fly ball to deep left. 478 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 4: Field it's got a. Chance there's God Jesh. Smith In game. 479 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 10: Seven, yeah the eve Of game, seven The dodgers laid. 480 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:27,480 Speaker 4: For the first time. 481 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:56,200 Speaker 1: They Will smith's home run sails over the left field, 482 00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:59,880 Speaker 1: wall takes a single, bounce and goes into the, stand 483 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:04,760 Speaker 1: landing in the exact same spot As Miguel rojas's homer. 484 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 1: Did two innings, BEFORE i saw this video posted by 485 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,720 Speaker 1: A dodger fan who it seemed looked like he was 486 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,880 Speaker 1: in a party of two in a stadium full Of 487 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,840 Speaker 1: Toronto Blue jay. Fans this is what it sounded like 488 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 1: When smitty's home run landed in the. Stands, wow. 489 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:32,720 Speaker 6: Why oh? 490 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:34,600 Speaker 2: YEAH i. 491 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:39,400 Speaker 1: Whoa the silence is crushingly. 492 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 2: Loud. 493 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 6: But then a down line turns the exist faces, tired 494 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:51,840 Speaker 6: hoarded score position. 495 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 1: Plash in the bottom of the, Eleventh Vladimir Guerrero junior. 496 00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:58,720 Speaker 2: Hit a leadoff. 497 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 1: DOUBLE i k f perfectly executed a sacrifice bunt and 498 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 1: with one, Out toronto has the tying run on third. 499 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,760 Speaker 1: Base they gave up the out to advance the runner 500 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:14,280 Speaker 1: because once again everybody's thinking about the sacrifice fly that 501 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:17,960 Speaker 1: could tie the. Game they're playing to, tie not necessarily to, 502 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:21,320 Speaker 1: win but they want to extend the game and they're executing, 503 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:26,480 Speaker 1: good solid baseball fundamentals By Toronto Blue, jays team many 504 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 1: say is better than The. Dodgers but after a four 505 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:32,520 Speaker 1: pitch walk To Addison, barger it was now first and 506 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 1: third with one out And Alejandro kirk coming to the. 507 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:44,000 Speaker 4: Plate World series could end on one swing in either. 508 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:53,960 Speaker 5: Direction here's THE o two pitch bounces. 509 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:55,960 Speaker 4: Come out The dodgers stump. 510 00:31:56,160 --> 00:32:39,120 Speaker 6: Toples after the boys got home From, toronto we had 511 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:42,360 Speaker 6: a rally At Dodger, stadium in a parade through the 512 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:46,560 Speaker 6: streets Of La already the players are talking about a three. 513 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:50,080 Speaker 2: Peak i'm ready to get another. 514 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:50,200 Speaker 9: Ring. 515 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:56,480 Speaker 1: Another ring three in three. 516 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:58,680 Speaker 2: Years dream On. 517 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:14,680 Speaker 1: Dodger Blue dream is written and produced By Me Richard 518 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:19,200 Speaker 1: parks the Third this episode was story edited By Caitlin. 519 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:24,640 Speaker 1: Esh original music in this episode By William Ryan, Fritch Jonathan, 520 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:30,720 Speaker 1: Snipes boyd Pro The Blasting, company and By. 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