Will Dave Roberts be fired? Dodgers fans furious after he allows Kiké to play but benches Joc, Beaty and Rios
After Dave Roberts chose Kiké Hernandez to play while benching Joc Pederson, Beaty and Edwin Rios in the LA Dodgers lineup vs San Francisco Giants on Sunday Night Baseball, Dodgers fandom is calling him the "worst manager in the league" for this decision.
Enraged fans are tweeting that they’d "fire Dave Roberts" after Sunday night’s match. Fans took to Twitter scoffing Roberts. "BREAKING. Matt Beaty, Joc Pederson and Edwin Rios all died. It’s the only explanation." Another one lamented over the decision of not allowing good players to play, tweeting, "Nope.... Joc Pederson, Matt Beatty, and Alex Rios must have been at the strip club with Lou Williams and now they must 14-day quarantine or something!"
In a pun intended way, Dodger website Dodger Blue tweeted, "Dave Roberts: 'Our at-bats were fine. I thought there were some balls hit hard. They made pitches when they needed to. Offensively, we're going to be alright.'"
Sports writer Howard Cole tweeted, "Kiké was 4-11 vs. RHP prior to tonight. That’s what Roberts was thinking. Either that or it’s a long season and he forgot what year it is."
Some ridiculed that Dodgers are never winning a WS with Roberts as manager as he cares too much about feelings and his guys thinking he believes in them. "Same reason he started darvish in game 7," tweeted a disgruntled fan of Dodgers.
In a very salty tone, another fan tweeted, "So tell me how every dodger fan and their mom know Kike shouldn’t be hitting in that situation but our dumbass professional manager can’t figure that out." Finally, an infuriated fan summed up the Sunday night Baseball game tweeting, "The Dodgers lost to the Giants after a terrible hitting display. Dodger fans are calling for Dave Roberts’ head. The pitching staff is being questioned. Man, life feels normal again."
David Ray Roberts, a former outfielder-turned-professional baseball manager for Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball in 2015, he was the first minority manager in the franchise's history. He has played for five Major League Baseball teams over a career spanning 10 years and then coached for the San Diego Padres before being positioned as Dodgers manager for the 2016 season.