Dodgers manager Dave Roberts makes admission of what he was 'so afraid' of in World Series

The Los Angeles Dodgers fought backmost from a five-run shortage successful Game 5 of the World Series to debar going backmost to Los Angeles, overmuch to the alleviation of Dave Roberts.

Had the New York Yankees fielded the shot cleanly, determination would undoubtedly person been a Game 6 astatine Dodger Stadium. In fact, the Bronx Bombers mightiness person adjacent had a 3-2 pb successful the series.

However, the Yankees had what has been described arsenic the worst antiaircraft inning successful the past of baseball.

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Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, #30, celebrates with the Commissioner’s Trophy during the 2024 World Series title parade adjacent Los Angeles City Hall. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

Once the Yankees took a 5-0 pb successful the bottommost of the fourth, though, the unit was on, the Dodgers manager said.

"When you're down 3–0, you're astatine the constituent wherever you person thing to suffer now. When you're down 3–0 everyone is expecting you to suffer anyway," Roberts said connected Mookie Betts' podcast of the Yankees, who mislaid the archetypal 3 games of the Fall Classic. "So now, that, for me, is freeing. And they played free, won Game 4. 

"And I volition archer you this now, publicly, I was truthful acrophobic to travel backmost to Los Angeles for Game 6. If we were to travel back, the noise, the unit becomes real. Because then, you're going to commencement perchance being portion of past successful the incorrect way."

New York Yankees outfielder Juan Soto, #22, reacts with outfielder Aaron Judge, #99, aft Judge dropped a alert shot during the 5th inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers during crippled 5 of the 2024 World Series astatine Yankee Stadium. (James Lang-Imagn Images)

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No squad had ever adjacent forced a Game 6 successful the World Series aft trailing 3-0; 21 of those instances coiled up successful sweeps, portion lone 3 others went to a 5th game. Of course, Roberts' stolen basal turned retired to beryllium the catalyst successful the 2004 Boston Red Sox' 3-0 comeback against the Yankees successful that year's American League Championship Series.

However, Anthony Volpe's magic successful Game 4 was not enough, arsenic the Yankees committed a bid of errors successful the 5th inning. Aaron Judge dropped a regular alert shot successful halfway field, Anthony Volpe misfired connected a propulsion to 3rd baseman Jazz Chisholm, and Gerrit Cole and Anthony Rizzo did not pass who was going to screen the archetypal basal container connected a elemental crushed ball. 

Afterward, Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernandez each drove successful 2 runs to necktie the game.

New York Yankees starting pitcher Gerrit Cole, center, is pulled by manager Aaron Boone, left, arsenic archetypal baseman Anthony Rizzo, #48, puts his manus connected Cole's enarthrosis during the seventh inning successful Game 5 of the 2024 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers connected Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 successful New York City. ((AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

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With that, it was the Dodgers' eighth World Series rubric successful franchise history.

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