ARLINGTON, Texas — As the Rays celebrated the wildest finish a World Series game has ever seen, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts stared out at the field and contemplated some of the most astonishing team-wide incompetence a World Series game has ever seen.
As bat collided with ball, he was mapping out the 10th inning. Thirteen seconds of chaos later, he was trying to comprehend what he had just witnessed.
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First he had to process the last play of the game, the one that will be replayed endlessly, the one he called "the un-perfect storm," the one that officially gave the Rays the 8–7 win in Game 4 and evened the Series at two games apiece.