Buck Martinez must apologize to Yankees after Blue Jays’ horrible World Series gaffe

Oh ... a costly mistake on the bases? By the Toronto Blue Jays? In the World Series? Buck Martinez, are you there? The New York Yankees would like a word. It seems like not every team in impervious to high-profile gaffes.

In the top of the second inning during Game 3 of the World Series, Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow faced a 3-1 count vs Daulton Varsho with Bo Bichette on first base. There were no outs. He was one ball away from officially being in serious trouble.

His next offering was technically a ball, but home plate umpire Mark Wegner called it a strike. A delayed strike, in fact. But even with that "delay" (was there really even one?), there's no world in which Bichette should've been wandering on the base paths.

He had plenty of time to realize what was going on instead of hanging out between first and second base. After Will Smith threw the ball back to Glasnow, the pitcher tossed it over to Freddie Freeman, who tagged out Bichette to gift the Dodgers the first out of the inning.

Buck Martinez must apologize to Yankees after Blue Jays’ horrible World Series gaffe

Any guesses as to what happened next? Varsho walked and Alejandro Kirk singled. That would've put Toronto up 1-0. Instead, Glasnow struck out Addison Barger and got Ernie Clement to line out to center field.

In the bottom of the second, Teoscar Hernandez absolutely rifled a solo home run off Max Scherzer to put the Dodgers up 1-0. Yup, that's how quickly this all flipped on the Blue Jays, who Martinez swore were always on the ball and never making mistakes, unlike the "not very good" Yankees, who had the same amount of wins as Toronto.

New York is very familiar with making gaffes on the national stage that cost them dearly. It's certainly not a badge of honor, but Yankees fans are keeping the seat warm on the couch for the Blue Jays if their chance at a title unravels after Yoshinobu Yamamoto's complete game and Bichette's brain fart.

As for Martinez? He's been around the game for a while, but perhaps he'll have a different approach when he feels the need to take an unwarranted shot at a rival if he ends up eating his words at the worst possible time.