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Dave Roberts

Dave Roberts

👤 Speaker
290 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pressers: Dave Roberts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Explain How They Won A Title

So just proud of this group of guys.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pressers: Dave Roberts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Explain How They Won A Title

You know, we were going to play 27 outs.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pressers: Dave Roberts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Explain How They Won A Title

And obviously it doesn't look great, you know, in that moment.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pressers: Dave Roberts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Explain How They Won A Title

But, you know, I trust him to take the at-bat.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pressers: Dave Roberts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Explain How They Won A Title

And he got a pitch that he could handle and hit the biggest hit he's ever had in his life.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pressers: Dave Roberts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Explain How They Won A Title

And obviously, at that point in time, we felt real good about it.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pressers: Dave Roberts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Explain How They Won A Title

And we needed a next-level performance from Yama, and we got it.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pressers: Dave Roberts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Explain How They Won A Title

Gosh, yeah.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pressers: Dave Roberts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Explain How They Won A Title

I'm still trying to unpack it.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pressers: Dave Roberts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Explain How They Won A Title

Yeah, Snell was good.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pressers: Dave Roberts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Explain How They Won A Title

I just felt that he gave us what he had, and I think Glass pitched before him.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pressers: Dave Roberts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Explain How They Won A Title

Yeah.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pressers: Dave Roberts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Explain How They Won A Title

Honestly, I just kind of try to push guys as much as they could.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pressers: Dave Roberts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Explain How They Won A Title

And, you know, having Emmitt in there and, you know, Robo doing his thing, got some big outs.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pressers: Dave Roberts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Explain How They Won A Title

And for me at that point in time, I wanted to give, you know, Rokian or Yamamoto an opportunity to keep the game, you know, at bay.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pressers: Dave Roberts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Explain How They Won A Title

And then, you know, once he did that, he felt confident that he could stay in his delivery, wasn't going to compromise health.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pressers: Dave Roberts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Explain How They Won A Title

And then at that point in time, even for that third out, that third up, he said, means I'm okay.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pressers: Dave Roberts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Explain How They Won A Title

And so for me, I just trusted him, and he came up big again.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pressers: Dave Roberts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Explain How They Won A Title

I mean, we've put together something pretty special.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pressers: Dave Roberts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Explain How They Won A Title

I do know that.