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After a week of drama, Dodgers get back to the familiar and win their home opener

LOS ANGELES — To Dave Roberts, Thursday afternoon felt nostalgically, longingly, thankfully familiar. The afternoon start time. The red, white and blue bunting. Even the traffic clogging up Vin Scully Avenue on the first of his 80 commutes, at least, into Chavez Ravine this year. “You feel the buzz,” said Roberts, entering his ninth year as Dodgers manager. “Nothing like opening day here at ...
The St. Louis Cardinals' Victor Scott II slides in safely at second base on a throwing error by Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts, not pictured, to second baseman Gavin Lux during the fifth inning at Dodger Stadium on Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — To Dave Roberts, Thursday afternoon felt nostalgically, longingly, thankfully familiar.

The afternoon start time. The red, white and blue bunting. Even the traffic clogging up Vin Scully Avenue on the first of his 80 commutes, at least, into Chavez Ravine this year.

“You feel the buzz,” said Roberts, entering his ninth year as Dodgers manager. “Nothing like opening day here at

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