Former Toronto Blue Jays coach says this one move cost team the World Series
Adam Laskaris, Offside
created: Nov. 13, 2025, 8:52 p.m. | updated: Nov. 15, 2025, 5:34 a.m.
Out of all the moments where the Toronto Blue Jays could've won the World Series, one play seems to stand above the rest of them, and it's seared into fans' brains.
In the ninth inning of Game 7, Isiah Kiner-Falefa came within inches of scoring a championship-clinching run, sliding into home plate with the chance to give the Blue Jays a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Kiner-Falefa detailed some of the fallout after the game, saying that Jays fans had threatened him for not scoring the winning run.
On a Deep Left Field podcast appearance with the Toronto Star's Mike Wilner, former Blue Jays bench coach Don Mattingly explained his point of view and said there was a detail the team may have overlooked with Kiner-Falefa at third base.
With his contract expired, the former Dodgers and Miami Marlins manager Mattingly left his role with the Blue Jays shortly after the World Series to pursue other opportunities.
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