@empirejefftv: DAVE ROBERTS' TRUST IN HIS PLAYERS IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD! 💙⚾😤 IT'S HOW THE DODGERS WIN WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIPS! BUT IT'S ALSO HOW THEY SOMETIMES LOSE BASEBALL GAMES! AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES DAVE ROBERTS SO INTERESTING! Because I keep hearing Dodgers fans saying... "DAVE LEFT YAMAMOTO IN TOO LONG!" "HE SHOULD'VE PULLED HIM EARLIER!" "WHAT WAS HE THINKING?!" AND LISTEN... I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION! Yoshinobu Yamamoto struggled in Game 2 of the NLCS! 75 PITCHES! COULDN'T EVEN COMPLETE THREE INNINGS! AND THE DODGERS LOST 7-4! It's perfectly reasonable to question whether Roberts should've gone to the bullpen sooner! BUT LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING... WHAT IF DAVE ROBERTS DIDN'T TRUST YAMAMOTO IN GAME 7 OF THE WORLD SERIES LAST YEAR?! 👀 REMEMBER THAT?! YAMAMOTO HAD JUST PITCHED IN GAME 6! AND DAVE ROBERTS STILL TRUSTED HIM TO GO BACK OUT THERE IN GAME 7! THE BIGGEST GAME OF THE SEASON! WITH A WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE! AND YAMAMOTO DELIVERED! NOW IMAGINE IF ROBERTS HAD DECIDED... "NOPE! I'M NOT TAKING THAT CHANCE!" WOULD THE DODGERS STILL HAVE WON THE WORLD SERIES?! MAYBE! MAYBE NOT! WE'LL NEVER KNOW! BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT ROBERTS TRUSTED HIS GUY! AND THAT TRUST HELPED DELIVER ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP! SO WHEN I SEE DAVE SHOW THAT SAME CONFIDENCE IN YAMAMOTO DURING GAME 2... I UNDERSTAND WHERE IT COMES FROM! DOES THAT MEAN IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION?! NOT NECESSARILY! DOES THAT MEAN DAVE IS ABOVE CRITICISM?! ABSOLUTELY NOT! BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE MANAGER'S PHILOSOPHY! Some players have EARNED that trust! They've delivered in the biggest moments! They've carried you through October! AND SOMETIMES YOU RIDE WITH THOSE GUYS! EVEN WHEN THINGS AREN'T GOING YOUR WAY! THAT'S LOYALTY! THAT'S RESPECT! AND THAT'S PART OF THE CULTURE THE DODGERS HAVE BUILT! Now, that same trust can absolutely backfire! WE SAW IT IN GAME 2! And when it does, Dave Roberts has to own the decision! BUT HERE'S MY ISSUE... SOME FANS ONLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT DAVE ROBERTS WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG! When the decision backfires? "FIRE DAVE!" But when his trust helps win a championship?! SILENCE! 😂 COME ON NOW! YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS! If you're going to criticize Dave Roberts when his decisions fail... MAKE SURE YOU GIVE HIM HIS FLOWERS WHEN THEY WORK! Because the Dodgers have won a whole lot more than they've lost with Dave Roberts managing this team! THREE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIPS! BACK-TO-BACK TITLES! AND A CULTURE BUILT AROUND TRUSTING THE GUYS WHO GOT YOU THERE! You don't have to agree with every decision! I CERTAINLY DON'T! But you should at least understand WHY he makes them! DODGER NATION... DID DAVE ROBERTS LEAVE YAMAMOTO IN TOO LONG?! OR DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHY HE TRUSTED HIS BIG-GAME PITCHER?! LET'S TALK ABOUT IT! LET'S GO DODGERS! 💙⚾🔥

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Wednesday 14 October 2026 02:45:28 GMT