Bill Plaschke: Dodgers manager Dave Roberts deserved boos, but bringing him back was right call
LOS ANGELES_Three slasher flicks, same final scene.
Three Dodgers playoff exits, one lingering memory.
It begins with the appearance of the Dodgers manager as he leaves the dugout and steps up onto the Dodger Stadium field. It continues with him making a long slow walk to the pitching mound in a futile attempt to fix another fatal mistake.
Then - loudly, angrily, incredibly uncomfortably - it happens.
For three consecutive years, the Dodgers' season has ended with Dodgers fans booing the living hell out of Dave Roberts.
They booed him for leaving Yu Darvish in the game too long against the Houston Astros in 2017. They booed him after he pulled Rich Hill too early against the Boston Red Sox in 2018.
All of which was mild compared with Wednesday night, in the 10th inning of the
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