Jon Berti can’t escape the Dodgers.
The ex-Yankees infielder — who expressed his frustrations with Los Angeles’ disrespect towards his former crew after some vital World Sequence blunders — opened the door for a Dodgers rally on Tuesday morning in his first recreation with the Cubs.
Berti, who principally performed third base for the Yankees, made the beginning for Chicago at second base within the season opener in Japan.
Within the prime of the fifth inning in a 1-1 ballgame, Berti made an important mistake when he sailed his throw over the primary baseman on a possible inning-ending double play.
The wild throw allowed Shohei Ohtani to attain and it saved the inning alive for the Dodgers as they went on to attain yet another run within the body on their solution to a 4-1 victory.
It was the Dodgers’ first significant recreation since beating the Yankees in Sport 5 of the World Sequence — by which the Bombers blew a 5-0 lead within the fifth inning because of a number of vital fielding errors.
The Dodgers spent a portion of their victory tour mocking the Yankees’ fundamentals.
“I don’t know if I’ve ever heard a World Series-winning team talk as badly as they did about the World Series-losing team,” Berti mentioned in February on “Foul Territory.”
“It felt like we were being disrespected to the point of we didn’t even belong in the World Series.”
Berti performed in 5 postseason video games for the Yankees as they topped the Royals and Guardians on their solution to the World Sequence, however was saved off the Fall Traditional roster.
Berti could have an opportunity at redemption on Wednesday when the Cubs and Dodgers run it again for Sport 2 of the Tokyo Sequence.
