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How a dead ball killed the Blue Jays in Game 6 of the World Series

A whole season of baseball may have come down to the most precise of placements.

If Addison Barger's drive to deep center had been an inch higher or an inch lower, the ball would've bounded off the wall. Myles Straw would've scored to cut the deficit to one. Maybe Barger is still on second, or maybe he goes to third.

Maybe, after that, nothing would've changed. Maybe Tyler Glasnow would've worked a great escape anyway.

But all we know for sure is what did happen. The ball did get lodged at the base of the centerfield wall. It was a ground-rule double. And the Blue Jays didn't score a run at all.

Barger ended up making a big mistake and getting doubled off second base on a liner with one out to e

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