Old Melonhead Bruce Bochy got ejected yesterday. I'll always simultaneously hate and respect him for leading three high 80/low 90-win Giant teams to championships. Maybe there's envy that Texas signed him instead of us and he promptly won another. Anyhow, my point of saying he was tossed was to further conclude that right or wrong on the play (he was wrong), I believe he argued and was thrown out so that his player wasn't. Does Roberts have any fire? When was the last time he got ejected? Does he have his players' backs on the field? Would he throw an obscenity at an ump to take one for the team? Is there any real passion for his job, for his players, for his legacy? Or does the extent of his involvement stop with patting CT on the ass after another strikeout and then using the media afterwards to say that Taylor needs to do better? My hatred for Roberts grows every day. It's really not a healthy dynamic. But I hate to see this golden opportunity going to waste. The Dodgers spent a lot of money this off-season, but they failed to upgrade at the most important position, and I fear that in the end that will prove once again to be the limiting factor.
great post i was thinking about his weakness as a manager (for about the 1000th time) the other day and it was in regards to taylor he doesn’t seem to realize that his rah-rah, pat em on the butt, go get-em next time bullshit might not work on everyone the pages call-up was a great opportunity to sit taylor down and maybe, for the first time, let him know his job may be on the line maybe that slap to the face/wake-up call is what ct3 needs/needed light a fire under his ass and piss him off maybe it would have helped, maybe it wouldn’t have but we’ll never know imo managers need to be chameleons they need to coddle some guys and get in other guy’s faces they need to figure out what that best motivates each guy and use it accordingly lasorda was great at it roberts is an unimaginative, one-dimensional idiot given the same talent over the past eight+ seasons, do you think tommy, bochy or alston would have been limited to just one short-seasoned championship? covid got the dodgers a title, not roberts the guy was in over his head when the dodgers hired him, and he’s wasted the immense talent he’s been handed he thinks being everybody’s friend is a good thing but, without the fire/passion/anger he’s near worthless imo
what a jackass Fabian Ardaya@FabianArdaya “We’re in it,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “And you just gotta keep going. No one is gonna feel sorry for you. You have to play the game the right way and expect things to turn. I definitely didn’t foresee this.” 7:02 PM · Apr 20, 2024 · 25.1K Views
I wish he'd walk down a train tunnel and profess similar ignorance as he saw a light getting bigger as he went along... eejit
