Just as the Dodgers clinched the NLCS and punched their ticket to the World Series for the second year in a row, manager Dave Roberts seized the perfect moment to fire back at the critics, with a mic drop moment!! For months, baseball fans have been debating whether the Dodgers’ star-studded, $400 million roster is bad for baseball. The phrase “ Dodgers are ruining baseball ” has basically become a catchphrase around the league. And it’s clear Roberts has heard all of it.
So, during the team’s NLCS celebration, he delivered a message that felt like both a war cry heading into the World Series and a sharp retort to the haters. Some fans saw it as pure motivation, others as another step in the Dodgers’ so-called “ takeover ” of baseball.
“ Before this season started, they said the Dod