Ludicrous threats to his physical well-being aside, did Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s base-running mindset and execution with the World Series on the line in Saturday’s heart-wrenching Game 7 cost the Blue Jays the championship?

Like so much about the dramatic conclusion to one of the great conclusions to a Fall Classic ever played, the answer is as complicated as it is controversial.

Painfully and controversially, Kiner-Falefa ran into a force-out at home plate with one down in the ninth inning, a play that would have represented the winning run and gone down in history as a franchise moment for the ages. Instead of dejection and second-guessing, Monday would have been a day for the team and fans to begin preparing for a Tuesday parade in downtown Toronto.

Instead, the Dodgers would get out of

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