You have to give this to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts: He still takes Bill Plaschke’s calls, for some reason.
In Plaschke’s latest column, he actually places the blame for L.A.’s NLDS loss to the Padres in the correct place: on the players who failed to execute. Of course, he still throws barbs at Roberts and president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman.
Roberts had a lousy seventh inning in the deciding Game 4 and still needs more dugout help. Friedman failed to acquire a starting pitcher during a summer trade deadline debacle and needs to rethink his clubhouse culture.