The Dodgers, including Manager Dave Roberts, stand for the national anthem before Game 1 of the NLDS on Friday at Nationals Park. On Friday evening, in the sixth inning of a 4-3 Dodgers victory in Game 1 of their National League division series, the symbol was a bullpen door opening. He spent his first six months as manager of Dodgers watching his starting pitchers struggle, unable to provide distance in games. He saw something similar unfold inside a ballpark filled to the brim with the blood-red color of the Nationals. For three years, the Dodgers asked Clayton Kershaw to carry them through October.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 07, 2016 18:05 UTC