In team sports, you never know when or how you will become a hero or an idol. If we stop at baseball, we can illustrate it with Justin Dean. Throughout the season he did not weigh so much in the Dodgers as it did in the World Series with the controversial stuck ball play. That was enough to win the complete affection of the Los Angeles fans.
Throughout the regular season, the center fielder participated in 18 games. That little activity was more than made up for in the sixth game of the series against the Blue Jays to secure the victory for the Los Angeles team when everything seemed to be a comeback for Toronto.
That moment of connection and idyll with the fans is history, because Dean was placed on the waiver list and claimed by the Giants. The San Francisco organization is adding him to its roster while celebrations continue around the Angels for winning the title
This move has not been well received by Dodgers fans. Upset at letting him go, they feel that his contribution to the championship was belittled. They see in their team an ungrateful treatment of the baseball player.
The play by Justin Dean that they don’t forget
In the ninth inning of the sixth game against the Blue Jays, the score was 3-1 in favor of the Dodgers but with a chance to tie for Toronto. Addison Berger hit a deep drive that ended with the ball stuck in the wall at Roger Centre.
When he noticed this action, Dean immediately raised his arms. If he had run and grabbed the ball, the game would have continued. However, after listening to the cry of his teammate Kike Hernandez, the outfielder appealed to common sense and trusted the rules to have it reviewed. This ensured that the series was extended to a seventh game.
Dodgers fans’ anger
His departure to San Francisco has left fans irritated. In their view, the Los Angeles team treated him unfairly by “firing” him after he was a key player in keeping the Angels’ hopes alive in the World Series.
He won them a ring and they still put him on waivers, damn it.
“Did he save the Dodgers for what?” they ask on social media. “They didn’t even want him after he saved the season,” they also protest. Now they console themselves by wishing him good luck in his next adventure.
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