Dave Roberts' Game 1 surrender put black mark on 2025 Dodgers run

World Series - Los Angeles Dodgers v Toronto Blue Jays - Game One | Mark Blinch/GettyImagesGood managers trust roles; great managers read the moment. And in Game 1 of the World Series, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts misread the moment completely.

After starter Blake Snell gave up the go-ahead run to put the Toronto Blue Jays up, 3-2, Roberts reached into the underbelly of his bullpen and came up with... Emmet Sheehan and Anthony Banda.

Sheehan is a long reliever who has struggled with command and home runs, while Banda hasn't been trusted in high-leverage spots all postseason. By bypassing his better, more trustworthy bullpen arms (Roki Sasaki, perhaps?), Roberts put his team’s fate…