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Yermin Mercedes’ homer in a blowout had Tony La Russa ripping his own players
Yermin Mercedes’ homer was pure joy, and Tony La Russa is wrong for punishing him for it
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The Chicago White Sox were leading the Minnesota Twins by 11 runs in the ninth inning on Monday when Yermin Mercedes stepped to the plate. The Twins had essentially given up on the game by putting a position player, nominal utility man Willians Astudillo, on the mound to pitch as a way to save the bullpen. Astudillo had gotten the first two outs of the inning, but opened the at-bat against Mercedes with three straight balls.
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“Bad optics’’ is business-speak for anything that negatively affects the public perception of a business or a person. We used to say, “Who told you those pants were a good idea?” Now we just say, “Bad optics, Mr. Smithers.’’ Whatever you want to call Tony La Russa’s foggy, meandering journey to admitting he didn’t know a new Major League Baseball rule, it wasn’t good for him or the White Sox. It happened during a recent postgame Zoom news conference, and it was painful viewing the thin, reedy voice, the faraway look, the overall befuddlement. At a minimum, the Sox have a perception problem with their manager, which means they have a problem with their manager. There’s no use trying to distinguish between the two.
Cubs 6, Dodgers 5: Sweep!
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It took four hours and 23 minutes, three different comebacks from being down a run and a game-winning hit from a guy who was supposed to be getting the night off, but after all of those things happened, the Cubs had a thrilling 6-5, 11-inning win over the visiting Dodgers and a three-game series sweep just at the time they needed one. They’ve also won five of their last seven games.
Fun fact about the last two games:
From Cubs historian Ed Hartig:
Last time Cubs posted walk-off wins in consecutive games against the Dodgers was May 30, 1958.