Breaking: David Roberts Reveals Fear of Returning to LA for…
The 2024 World Series saw the two top teams of baseball, the New York Yankees battle it out against the Los Angeles Dodgers. In this clash of the titans, the Dodgers ran away as 4-1 winners after 5 games. Coach Dave Roberts has now admitted that he was ‘afraid’ of coming back to Los Angeles for Game 6.
The Dodgers got the best possible start they would have hoped for in the series by winning the first three games and taking a 3-0 lead. However, the Yankees lineup came to life in Game 4 and claimed an emphatic 11-4 victory in Game 4 to enforce Game 5.
In World Series history, no team had enforced a Game 6 after being 3-0 down in the series. The Yankees almost became the first team to do so after they started strong in Game 5 and took a 5-0 lead.
However, a poor defensive showing in the fifth inning saw the Yankees make several errors, allowing the Dodgers to level up the game at 5-5. The visitors would then go on to win the game 7-6 and wrap up their eighth World Series title.
In an appearance on Mookie Betts ‘ podcast, On Base With Mookie Betts, Roberts explained that the noise and pressure would grow on them for giving up a lead if they came back for Game 6 in Southern California.
As of yet, only one team in MLB’s long history has come back from a 3-0 deficit. Roberts was a part of that team as during the 2004 American League Championship Series, the Boston Red Sox came all the way from 3-0 down to win the series 4-3 and eliminate the Yankees.
Dave Roberts reveals his thoughts about facing rivals Padres in NLDS
During his appearance at the On Base with Mookie Betts podcast, Dave Roberts and Mookie Betts discussed facing their division rivals, the San Diego Padres in the National League Division Series. In this discussion, Roberts claimed that he thought facing them was the ‘ biggest challenge‘ in this title-winning run.
