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Why did the Braves pull Ian Anderson from a World Series no-hitter? That's what the script called for

ATLANTA – Would you?

That’ll be the question that animates Atlanta Braves fans in the days or maybe even years to come.

If you were standing in manager Brian Snitker’s shoes — in the damp dugout at Truist Park Friday night in front of a crowd that waited 20-some years, or maybe their whole life, to watch a World Series game in their hometown — would you have pulled starting pitcher Ian Anderson after five no-hit innings?

Or would you leave him out there, with a one-run lead four innings away from the sport’s second ever World Series no-hitter?