Mookie Betts’ baserunning helped win a World Series; why don’t more teams stress it?
“Three inches. The difference in a World Series.” — Mike Roberts. Mike Roberts is a long-standing coach, organizational baserunning coach, and author of two books about baserunning. “It was the World Series-winning play.” — Dave Roberts. He is the manager of the 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers and also the owner of 243 regular season steals over his 10-year career. This includes one in Game 4 of 2004 ALCS. That earned him a place in the Red Sox Hall of Fame. ). You can watch the replay of that play on YouTube: Mookie Betts at third base, Corey Seager at the plate, one out. It was the sixth inning in Game 6 of 2020 World Series. Two batters prior, the Dodgers were losing 1-0 against Blake Snell and his Rays. After Austin Barnes struck out, Nick Anderson relieved Snell and Betts doubled Barnes to move him to third. He would score on a wild pitch, tying the game and setting up Betts for his “World Series-winning” play. Mookie Betts took off for home It happened quickly...