Courtesy of StepOutside.org

Cora: ‘I thought he was going to get thrown out’

SAN DIEGO -- A day after costing the Pirates a chance to win a game, third base coach Joey Cora faced reporters and explained his dumbfounding decision to order Gregory Polanco to not tag up on a foul pop to deep right field, a sequence that should have resulted in the tying run but instead led to the 4-3 loss to the Padres.

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