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Dylan Hernandez: Dodgers, Angels shooting for it all this season

LOS ANGELES — Three days before his team opens its season, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was offered a chance to walk back his guarantee of a championship. He declined. "Shouldn't that be my take?" Roberts said. On the bench on the opposite side of the field, Angels counterpart Joe Maddon was asked an open-ended question about his team's expectations. He reached for the sky. "Winning it all," ...
Los Angeles Dodgers Freddie Freeman scores on a Max Muncy double in the third inning against the Los Angeles Angels during a preseason game at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, April 5, 2022.

LOS ANGELES — Three days before his team opens its season, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was offered a chance to walk back his guarantee of a championship.

He declined.

"Shouldn't that be my take?" Roberts said.

On the bench on the opposite side of the field, Angels counterpart Joe Maddon was asked an open-ended question about his team's expectations.

He reached for the sky.

"Winning it all," Maddon said. "Winning a World Series."

As the Dodgers and Angels approach opening day, the focus was on their players, and rightfully so.

But the

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