TORONTO — There was a time when Dave Roberts could spark a team with his legs .

Maybe that day hasn’t passed.

During Thursday night’s off-day workout at Rogers Centre, the Dodgers manager challenged utility player Hyeseong Kim – the fastest player on the Dodgers’ roster – to a race from first base to third base with the 53-year-old Roberts getting a 20- to 30-foot head start.

Roberts tried to take more of an advantage, cutting across the edge of the infield grass rather than touching second base. Roberts stumbled and went sprawling onto the dirt as Kim cruised on by.

“I was trying to add a little levity, that’s for sure,” Roberts said Friday. “I wasn’t trying to do a face plant at shortstop.

“The legs just gave way. That will be the last full sprint I ever do in my life. And I paid

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