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Dave Roberts is putting all the heartache of 2017 behind him

LOS ANGELES - Dave Roberts plans to host a visitor at his home next week. He befriended Houston Astros manager A.J. Hinch during half a decade together in the San Diego Padres organization, and their bond remained sturdy after seven games as World Series opponents. When Hinch mentioned he was attending a wedding near San Diego, Roberts invited him to stay over. He did not even balk when he learned who the man of honor was.

"He's going to be in town for Springer's wedding," the Dodgers manager mentioned at lunch one afternoon this week.

Wait. George Springer? The World Series MVP? The Astro who starred in the sequence that still haunts Dodgers fans?

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