There was loads of speak about whether or not the Dodgers’ loaded team — with a virtually $400 million payroll — is a detriment to the sport of baseball.
But Dave Roberts doesn’t care concerning the critics. The truth is, the manager had a pointy message for them after the Dodgers clinched the NLCS with a 5-1 win in Game 4 over the Brewers.
“Before this season began, they said the Dodgers are ruining baseball,” Roberts said to the remaining Dodger Stadium crowd after the series sweep. “Let’s get 4 more wins and really destroy baseball!”
A 12 months after they beat the Yankees within the World Series, the Dodgers had their ups and downs within the regular season, ending with 93 wins — 4 games behind the Brewers, who led all of MLB with 97 wins.
However the Dodgers have flipped a switch within the postseason, and after taking the NLCS in 4 games, Los Angeles now has a 9-1 record within the playoffs.
Los Angeles swept away the Reds within the wild-card round and Brewers within the NLCS, dropping only one game to the Phillies within the NLDS.
With the Dodgers carrying an uber-talented and expensive roster, there have been loads of questions on whether the team they’ve built is unfair to the remaining of the league. Milwaukee, by comparison, ranked twenty second in payroll this 12 months before getting steamrolled by the Dodgers.
Ahead of Game 4, Roberts was asked about the concept the Dodgers are “buying championships.”
“We’re in a giant market, we’re expected to win,” Roberts said. “I can’t speak to revenue we’re bringing but our ownership puts a giant chunk into players and that’s the way in which it must be — attempting to be a competitor.”
The Dodgers have sure been competitive and at the moment are 4 wins away from their third World Series within the last five years.
