LOS ANGELES – Not one to lift his head and look at all the activity around him, new Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he most definitely will soak in the atmosphere Friday.
Roberts, the Dodgers' first African-American manager, is anticipating his first Jackie Robinson Day as the man in the head chair. That it comes as a member of the Dodgers organization makes it that much more special.
“I think that I am a little bit, to a fault, not taking certain moments in, but I think I will make a conscious effort [Friday] to understand and take in the scope and the magnitude,” Roberts said.