OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 07: Austin Barnes #15 of the Los Angeles Dodgers gets tagged out at third base by Matt Chapman #26 of the Oakland Athletics in the six inning at RingCentral Coliseum on April 07, 2021 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
The 2021 Dodgers will be doing plenty of things we’ve never seen before, if all goes according to plan, but on Wednesday, fans were treated to a ghastly and hopefully not repeatable sight.
Try as they might, it’s hard for baseball fans to accurately assess how their team performs with runners in scoring position.