Dave Roberts and Yasiel Puig wore T-shirts with the inscription “World Series attitude.” Tyler Toffoli, one of four Kings players in attendance, stepped into the batter’s box to see exactly how fast a Ross Stripling fastball was. Manny Machado spotted a kid wearing a Machado jersey, played catch with him, then autographed the ball and sent him home with it.
Roberts’ 13-year-old daughter, Emme, sang the national anthem Saturday, so brilliantly that the Dodgers would do well to book her every night, in place of the usual previously televised suspects. Roberts bounded over to give her a hug, but he had to wait because Bailey was giving her one.