LOS ANGELES - Dave Roberts destroyed the Dodgers' chances of winning the World Series by managing his pitching staff like a fan who won a contest. He shuffled through his relievers, trying to find the worst one for the worst moment, and succeeded in ways even he couldn't have imagined. He lost Game 4, and probably the series, and along the way stubbed out the finest moment of Rich Hill's career like a smoldering cigarette butt. Roberts' thoroughness inspires awe.
Or maybe, just maybe, we don't know everything. Could that be possible? Maybe the quickest and easiest summation, the one that proves most satisfying to the inner demons, isn't always the one that holds up to the facts.