Good managers trust roles; great managers read the moment. And in Game 1 of the World Series, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts misread the moment completely.
After starter Blake Snell gave up the go-ahead run to put the Toronto Blue Jays up, 3-2, Roberts reached into the underbelly of his bullpen and came up with... Emmet Sheehan and Anthony Banda.
Sheehan is a long reliever who has struggled with command and home runs, while Banda hasn't been trusted in high-leverage spots all postseason. By bypassing his better, more trustworthy bullpen arms (Roki Sasaki, perhaps?