Bill Plaschke: Shohei Ohtani’s Dodgers celebration is no party for Dave Roberts
LOS ANGELES — The stage in the center-field pavilion was brimming with Dodgers royalty. There, smiling in front of dozens of cameras was Shohei Ohtani, Mark Walter, Andrew Friedman, Ohtani’s agent Nez Balelo and Ohtani’s longtime interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. Seemingly every person who is important to Ohtani’s Dodgers success this season basked in the spotlight, save one. Dave Roberts sat in the ...
by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
Dec 16, 2023
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES — The stage in the center-field pavilion was brimming with Dodgers royalty.
There, smiling in front of dozens of cameras was Shohei Ohtani, Mark Walter, Andrew Friedman, Ohtani’s agent Nez Balelo and Ohtani’s longtime interpreter Ippei Mizuhara.
Seemingly every person who is important to Ohtani’s Dodgers success this season basked in the spotlight, save one.
Dave Roberts sat in the audience. What was Dave Roberts doing sitting in the audience?
The coronation of a news conference Thursday at Dodger Stadium contained 700 million reasons why Othani picked the Dodgers to celebrate his unique skills.
Yet, strangely, their record-setting manager didn’t seem to be one of those
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