In Game 6 of the 2020 World Series, Blake Snell started for the Rays against the Dodgers. Snell was dominant, throwing 5.1 shutout innings on 73 pitches. In the bottom of the sixth, though, Austin Barnes hit a one-out single to center, and with Mookie Betts coming up to start the third time through the Dodgers’ order, Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash made the infamous decision to pull Snell from the game and bring in Nick Anderson.
Two batters later, Tampa Bay’s 1-0 lead had turned into a 2-1 deficit, and three innings after that, the Dodgers were hoisting the World Series trophy and wondering why Rob Manfred was talking so funny.