{"id":266985,"date":"2025-11-02T13:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T13:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/266985\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T13:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T13:53:08","slug":"4-brilliant-dave-roberts-decisions-that-won-game-7-for-dodgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/266985\/","title":{"rendered":"4 brilliant Dave Roberts decisions that won Game 7 for Dodgers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of course you have to give the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>‘ roster for performing in an ultra-tight Game 7 in the 2025 World Series to win a second-straight ring.<\/a><\/p>\n

But from my view? Dave Roberts put on a managing masterclass, pulling the right levers and making the right moves at the right time when the season was on the line.<\/p>\n

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“Doc” got a lot of credit from players and beyond, so we’re doing the same here. Let’s run through some of the brilliance we saw from the veteran manager who is now a four-time World Series champ (including three from the bench).<\/p>\n

Starting Miguel Rojas paid off<\/p>\n

The utility player hadn’t played much since Oct. 8, appearing in the 18-inning marathon in Game 3 and in Game 6. He hadn’t hit a home run since Sept. 19.<\/p>\n

Yet there he was, hitting the game-tying homer in the ninth and making a tough defensive play to save a run:<\/p>\n

His pitching decisions seriously worked out (mostly)<\/p>\n

Shohei Ohtani wasn’t at his best on short rest, but Roberts brought his starters out one by one when the Dodgers needed them the most — Tyler Glasnow came after Justin Wrobleski, Blake Snell followed Emmet Sheehan, and of course his use of Yoshinobu Yamamoto, which needs its own section.<\/p>\n

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He leaned on Yoshinobu Yamamoto on ZERO days of rest<\/p>\n

I mean, where to begin? Bringing in Yamamoto a day after he threw 96 pitches was a massive risk. But the World Series MVP didn’t give up a run in 2.2 innings and 34 pitches. Unreal.<\/p>\n

He brought in Andy Pages who made the defensive play of the game<\/p>\n

Pages was brought in for his defense in center field, and he somehow caught an Ernie Clement warning-track flyout that wasn’t a guaranteed catch for Kike Hernandez. Sure, he ran the outfielder over, but it saved the game and won the Dodgers a title. All because Roberts brought him in.<\/p>\n

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