As the great American philosopher Ted Williams once said, “If you don’t think too good, don’t think too much.”
I think it’s that Roberts has a strong notion of what “ought to be” vs. “what actually is.”
He may see a pitcher that has had an excellent ERA of 2.8 for the season and think, all right, this guy is our starter, reliever, closer, etc. Most managers, though, when they see that guy struggling in a game, would replace him. Roberts has a hard time doing that. Roberts thinks, “He had a 2.8 ERA, he ought to be pitching great! He will pitch great if I keep him on the mound!” - even if that guy has already just surrendered 5 runs in a single inning.
Well, that’s certainly what his boss thinks. They are all about analytics, which I’m sure has some value, but not if you are ignoring what everyone else is seeing as clear as day because the numbers tell you differently. And when you rely that heavily on analytics, it frees you from actually thinking, or better yet, engaging.
I’d much rather have a Tommy Lasorda or Sparky Anderson out there getting their team fired up and always trying to think one step ahead of the competition based on the circumstances.
But I’m old fashioned like that.
Performance wise, Dave Roberts is probably a better manager than Tommy Lasorda.
But Tommy gave better interviews.
Fans do love the “rah rah” type coaches (across all sports).
Wait! Have you never heard “the Bevacqua” interview?
I’ve heard it
Oh ok. When you talked about “rah rah” I thought you had missed my allusion.
Roberts’ regular-season record with the Dodgers (10 seasons) is 944-576, a .621 winning percentage. He has won 4 pennants and 2 world championships.
Lasorda’s record with the Dodgers (21 seasons) was 1599-1439, a .526 percentage. He also won 4 pennants and 2 world championships.
“Couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat!”
Roberts is literally managing an all-star team. That wasn’t the case under Lasorda.
YES!!!
Yee-haw! Dodgers win!
Dodgers advance despite Shohei Oh-fer-tani.
I kid I kid
What a way to end your season.
I can’t remember a more boneheaded play than that throw to the plate.
Shohei was a big “So what?” tonight, for sure. Andy Pages gets his star turn, but it was a Phillies error that made it possible.
I don’t care how it happened. I’ll take it.
(Boy was it ugly though)
Why didn’t he throw to first?
I think he forgot how many outs, but it could be he panicked when he muffed the grounder and didn’t realize just how much time he had