The Philadelphia Phillies’ season ended in the worst way possible: they were one out away from victory and one mistake away from continuing their playoff run. In the 11th inning of Game 4 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Orion Kerkering made a bad throw that cost the Phillies the game 2-1. This was their third straight postseason loss under Rob Thomson. But the talk quickly changed from one player’s mistake to whether Thomson should have put Kerkering in that spot at all.

The play was like a lot of chaos happening in a short amount of time. With the bases loaded and the score tied at 1, Kerkering got Andy Pages to hit a slow grounder that bounced off his foot. He caught the ball as Hyeseong Kim ran for home, then made a split-second choice that he regretted right away. Kerkering fired hom

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