Dave Roberts didn’t mince words when asked about the Milwaukee Brewers.
In a recent conversation with MLB insider Buster Olney on ESPN Podcasts, the Los Angeles Dodgers manager gave a blunt read on the team that just swept his club out of the National League Championship Series.
“I've really loved the way the Brewers are playing,” Roberts told Olney. “I was telling my wife, after we got eliminated, it was like, I know our guys are hungry, but the Brewers were starving.”
That’s the kind of line that tells you everything about how Roberts viewed the series. The Dodgers came into the postseason carrying the kind of profile that normally scares everybody else - a roster loaded with star power and fresh off back-to-back championships. The Brewers, though, were the ones who looked sharper, more urgent, and more complete when the two teams finally met.
Milwaukee, despite not entering October as the most glamorous name in the bracket, handled the NLCS with authority. The Brewers made the plays they had to make, delivered in the biggest moments, and left the Dodgers looking like a team that had been outplayed across the board. For all of Los Angeles’ talent, there was no mistaking who was in control of that series.
Now the Brewers have carried that momentum all the way to the doorstep of a title. They lead the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in the World Series and can secure the franchise’s first championship with a win in Game 5 on Wednesday night at 8 PM ET.
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