The Los Angeles Dodgers are putting the Atlanta Braves in a tough spot with Chris Sale, according to a commentary column in the Los Angeles Times.
The Times column says Atlanta has to choose whether to start Sale, its ace, against the Dodgers in Game 2 of the National League Division Series. That start would come just three days after Sale closed out the Braves' wild-card win.
A photo caption with the column says Sale pitched the eighth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday in Game 3 of the National League wild-card playoffs.
Waiting has its own risk. The column says holding Sale back could leave him unable to pitch in a possible Game 5 against the Dodgers.
The Times framed Atlanta's problem with a line it credited to Yogi Berra: "It gets late early out there."
The column is analysis, and the captured text doesn't say what the Braves decided about Sale's next start.