Dodgers rookie makes rookie mistake

The Dodgers lost to the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night when Dodgers rookie outfielder Andy Pages, 23, made a rookie error.

With two outs in the bottom of the ninth and Dodgers catcher Will Smith on first base (having started the inning with a single to left) and his team trailing 3-1, the popular native of Havana, Cuba, He reached first base with a five-pitch walk that represented the tying run. His walk was followed by a clutch double to right center field by Dodgers right fielder Jason Heyward, scoring Smith. The ball was momentarily thrown by Rangers center fielder Leody Taveras.

For reasons known only to him, that brief bubble caused Pages to completely ignore Dodgers third base coach Dino Ebel’s stop sign as Taveras fired an absolute bullet at Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien, who, in turn, he fired a dart at Rangers catcher Jonah Heim for a dunk. Pages on the plate by a good four feet.

“No, I didn’t see Dino’s stop sign. I saw the center fielder bounce the ball and I kept going,” Pages responded to the obvious question after the game through an interpreter. “I knew he was going to get to third base easily when I saw him dribble the ball. I knew he was going to try to score no matter what, because he knew I was the tying run.”

The unasked (and burning) question was: If you knew you were going to “get to third base easily,” why wouldn’t you be looking with your 49 games of MLB experience? directly Dino Ebel with his 18 years of experience in the MLB?

Obviously, there’s no way to know if Pages would have scored if he hadn’t ignored Ebel’s stop sign. But you have to like his chances of who the next batter will be. would have been. Yes, future Hall of Famer Mookie Betts, with a .309 average.

A rookie mistake if ever there was one.

Play ball!

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