Little was gassed. He didn't have a chance. Toronto manager took out his best hitters too early. It's what lost them the game.
Imagine being a Jays fan that went to the game. Money spent and 6.5 hours wasted. And the fans back in Toronto, stayed up until basically 3 am lol
Yamamoto was warming for the Dodgers. Was anyone warming up for the Jays? Or was it Little till the end no matter what? Should they have had a starter warming as well? Or with the starters edge to the Dodgers, they could have afforded to burn Yamamoto while the Jays can't???
Schneider screwed up by pulling a Joe Espada and pinch hitting/running for all his best hitters outside Guerrero way too early. The Blue Jays had one hand tied behind their back in extra innings with their best hitters Kirk, Barger and Bichette on the bench. Plus Springer was already out due to his injury.
Little ended up throwing 29 pitches and hadn’t pitched in forever. Klein, a reliever who had never thrown more than 30 something pitches before, threw 72 pitches. Dodgers didn’t have a choice but to have Yamamoto warming up. The Jays probably weren’t far behind from doing the same.
I'm just annoyed that this past decade of baseball will be "remembered" as the Dodgers era. Some national media types will try to go back to '17 to claim "they really should have won that one too".
not as fun for the fans, but this is the right move https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/oct/28/shohei-ohtani-blue-jays-walk-world-series After watching Shohei Ohtani baffle their pitching staff during Game 3 of the World Series, the Toronto Blue Jays have made a bold decision: they are done pitching to baseball’s biggest star. Blue Jays manager John Schneider did not mince his words after the Dodgers prevailed 6-5 on Monday in an 18-inning classic during which Ohtani smacked two doubles and two home runs in his first four at-bats before Toronto essentially stopped trying to get him out. “He had a great game, he’s a great player, but I think after that, you just kind of take the bat out of his hands,” Schneider said after the Dodgers took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Fall Classic which resumes on Tuesday in Los Angeles. When asked if walking Ohtani for the remainder of the World Series would be the plan, Schneider’s response was blunt: “Yeah.”
