Kevin Cash Hands the Dodgers the World Series by Pulling Blake Snell Early

Tampa Bay Rays ace Blake Snell was dealing in Game 6 on Wednesday night.  The flamethrowing left-hander made the mistake of allowing a baserunner in the sixth inning and was pulled by manager Kevin Cash.

It proved to be a costly mistake for the Rays and handed the Los Angeles Dodgers the World Series.  After his 5 1/3 innings of shutout baseball, Snell knew the game was over when Cash came for the ball.

Here's his reaction.

Blake Snell's reaction to getting pulled with 1 on and 1 out in the 6th. pic.twitter.com/AZyB94eoKE

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 28, 2020

Snell was right.  Reliever Nick Anderson entered the game and immediately handed the lead to the Dodgers.

In the blink of an eye the @Dodgers take the lead. #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/GxijlijsQt

— MLB (@MLB) October 28, 2020

And just like that the supposed "genius" of Kevin Cash evaporated.  He took his ace out in a must win game after he struck out nine and allowed only two hits.

As a result of Cash's brilliant move, the Dodgers are World Series champions.  There's something oddly satisfying about a move like the one Cash made immediately backfiring.

Another L for analytics!