{"id":14987,"date":"2024-10-20T03:02:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T03:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=14987"},"modified":"2024-10-20T03:02:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T03:02:52","slug":"rival-nl-manager-has-high-praise-for-dodgers-dave-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=14987","title":{"rendered":"Rival NL Manager Has High Praise for Dodgers’ Dave Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton praised\u00a0Los Angeles Dodgers\u00a0manager Dave Roberts as the Dodgers head back home to try and wrap up National League Championship Series against the New York Mets.<\/p>\n

Shelton, who has managed the Pirates since 2020, gave Roberts credit for his handling of a difficult situation during the NL Division Series, and transforming that situation into an advantage.<\/p>\n

The NLDS featured two NL West rivals in the Dodgers and San Diego Padres, and there was no shortage of bad blood throughout the series.<\/p>\n

During Game 2 of the NLDS, Padres third baseman Manny Machado and Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty exchanged heated words. Dodgers fans threw iteams from the stands at multiple Padres players, and Machado tossed a baseball toward the Dodgers’ dugout that nearly hit Roberts.<\/p>\n

Shelton credited Roberts for using these heated moments to motivate his team.<\/p>\n

“I think Doc does a very good job of staying even-keeled and very calculated when he needs to do things,”\u00a0Shelton said on MLB Network Radio on Sirius XM. “The situation with Manny [Machado], he came out afterwards … That was a highly intense series that was played and two ballparks that were getting after each other. Really fun to watch.”<\/p>\n

The Dodgers would lose Game 3 of the NLDS, but go on to win the final two games to move on to the NLCS.<\/p>\n

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