TORONTO (AP) \u2014 Dodgers manager Dave Roberts joked Friday that he\u2019ll never sprint again a day after he fell flat on his face in a race with second baseman Hyeseong Kim during a World Series workout. <\/p>\n
Adding some levity to Thursday\u2019s workout in Toronto, Roberts raced Kim and fell while rounding second. <\/p>\n
Kim stood on first base and Roberts stood near the cutout, where a runner would take his lead.<\/p>\n
Rounding second, Roberts stumbled and fell. The 53-year-old manager feigned a hamstring injury after getting up.<\/p>\n
\u201cI clearly wasn\u2019t thinking. I was trying to add a little levity, that\u2019s for sure. I wasn\u2019t trying to do a face-plant at shortstop, and yeah, the legs just gave way. That will be the last full sprint I ever do in my life,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cAnd I paid my debt, because there was a little wager, so I did owe up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roberts said he got some \u201cmeds in me. I\u2019m still going to post. I\u2019m probable. So it\u2019s good. Recovered. Not my best decision, but it worked out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Second baseman Miguel Rojas said it made him smile and shows Roberts is willing to do anything for the team to break the tension of facing elimination. <\/p>\n
\u201cI just think he had a better chance going straight from first to third on a straight line,\u201d Rojas joked. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think that was the initial thought of the race, but then he wanted to prove a point that he can beat him from that start, and it wasn\u2019t enough. We all saw the results.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roberts said he had heard from his family about the race, and his kids \u201cweren\u2019t too excited for me about it.\u201d <\/p>\n
Besides managing the Dodgers, Roberts is perhaps best known for a key stolen base for Boston against Yankees closer Mariano Rivera when the Red Sox won it all in 2004.<\/p>\n
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