I feel like even in a World Series situation will and Mack would at least get a little play because of how much of a shitshow their pitching is at the end of the season every year.
But either way the concept of them having a World Series win but debating whether they even deserve it is such an interesting concept. Since they always dreamed of doing it together with the Red Sox (which both are actively tryna get Mack too), but for them to just coast along with the dodgers to win a World Series and just tryna deal with “we won, but WE didn’t win”
-Dodger anon
mack would definitely get a couple of batters but for Fic Narrative Purposes i feel like he'd barely see half an inning, too young without any of the trust to play in a do or die game
i love the idea of like. the dissatisfaction of a win. one of my favorite blue jays kevin kiermaier was traded to the dodgers and bench warmed last year's world series, and he retired after that first and only championship win for him. he came back to coach for the jays too. and narratively i think about that all the time, what it's like to be a good player but the worst on a great team, or a good player the best on a terrible team. both of them would be torture for someone like mack, but at least irl he gets to do it with friends irl. in my universe, i shoved him into a terrible world of limbo LOL
one of my favourite things about sports is this concept of deserving. as a dodgers fan i'm sure you heard that argument a lot after 2020, did you deserve to call yourself champions, etc. especially mack, struggling with the idea of whether or not he deserves his place as a dodger, and also did he deserve to leave boston, it's this constant grapple between "i want it" and "i'm not allowed it (yet)".
anyway that's all to say the sequel i'm outlining won't touch base on ANY of that LMAOOOOO. so i guess i'm just spilling my thoughts here. an alternate universe for my alternate baseball universe for irl hockey willmack. au-ception
