So, Dave Roberts, how’s your winter going? He stalks through the graveyard of criticized decisions, smiles amid the tsunami of sign-stealing controversy, and never stops believing that Dodgers ownership will actually spend the extra bucks it takes to cement a championship. Roberts won’t say these things because he’s blindly loyal to a Dodgers operation that has won seven consecutive division championships. All this, after Roberts had promised so much more in his winter meetings’ news conference. “We’re still trying to make ourselves better.”On a team with a famously revolving roster, Dave Roberts is the one Dodger who always knows his role.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 15, 2019 02:26 UTC