A title that confirms a great moment for the Dodgers and Roberts.

Alston and LaSorda shared managerial duties almost equally from 1954 to 1995, a nearly half-century during which the Dodgers won their first six championships. full of instability.

Between 1997 and 2012, Los Angeles had two owners and six managers who combined to play in just four postseason games and never play in the World Series in 16 years.

So in 2012 Frank McCourt sold the team for a record price of $2 billion to the group. Guggenheim Partnersa global investment and financial advisory firm with over $300 billion in assets, and things have changed for the better.

At the time of the club’s acquisition, the Guggenheim Group was headed by the majority owner Mark Walterincluding the team president and general manager, Stan Kastentogether with co-owners Todd Boeli, Peter Guber, Magic Johnson and Bobby Patton.

The new owners began to gradually turn around all the mess left by the previous board in order to return the Dodgers to the top of the major league pecking order and regain the trust of one of the most loyal and supportive fans in the American sports industry. .

In October 2014, the Dodgers announced the hiring of Andrew Friedman as the new head of baseball operations with a record five-year deal worth $35 million. Friedman left the Tampa Bay Rays, where he had worked since 2004, rising through the ranks to become General Manager28 years old, 2006

When he was one year into running the Dodgers’ operations, Friedman changed managers. Don Mattingly with Roberts, a former outfielder for the organization who temporarily managed the San Diego Padres for one game during the 2015 season.

These moves, combined with the acquisition of some of the best players in the world, returned the Dodgers to the position they had occupied for most of their history.

After being eliminated from the playoffs for the third straight year (2010–12), the Dodgers began an unusually successful run in 2013 during which they reached the postseason every year, winning their division in 11 of 12 seasons. played They won the World Series four times and won two championships.

Since 2012, the Dodgers have led the major leagues with 1,215 wins, and excluding the 2020 and 2021 seasons when the coronavirus pandemic impacted fan availability, Los Angeles has drawn more than three million people to its park in 13 years. Los Angeles has led MLB in attendance over the past decade and has topped three million in 35 of the last 48 seasons.

In 2024, Dodger Stadium’s attendance was 3,941,251 fans, averaging 48,657 people per night. The total and average match only the 2019 season, when the Dodgers set a franchise record of 3,974,309 and averaged 49,066 per game.

Aside from missing the holiday caravan due to social distancing rules in place at the time, neither Roberts nor the Dodgers received proper credit for winning the 2020 season, which played out a pandemic-shortened schedule.

Although only 60 games were played in the regular series, the playoff format (16 teams and four big rounds at neutral venues) proved to be the most difficult of all time to determine a champion.

En route to the title, the Dodgers eliminated the Milwaukee Brewers (2-0) in the first multi-game wild card series and the San Diego Padres (3-0) overcame 0-2 and 1-1 deficits in the division series. 3 to beat the Atlanta Braves in seven games in the National League Championship Series and eliminate the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series.

But for some, the shortened season schedule outweighed the expanded postseason, taking the luster out of the Dodgers’ victory even if all teams played under the same conditions.

That’s why the 2024 title has significance beyond the current campaign.

“The fans definitely deserve it,” the owner said. Mark Walterwhen his team eliminated the New York Mets in the tournament National League Championship Series to move on to the fall classics. “We didn’t come here to win the league championship. We came here to win the World Series,” he added.

With a core of great players signed to long-term contracts such as Japan’s Shohei Ohtani (until 2033) and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (until 2035), catcher Will Smith (until 2033), outfielder Mookie Betts (until 2032), first baseman Freddie Freeman (until 2032). ), until 2027) and pitcher Tyler Glasnow (until 2027), Los Angeles has a great core. Young as jugs Dustin Mays and Bobby Milleroutfielder Andy Pages and infielder Gavin Lux will ease the club’s struggles over the next few years.

“Well, Mark is very competitive. I know Andrew is very competitive. We’re very competitive on the field,” said Roberts, who is 851-507 (.627), the highest percentage in history for a coach with more than 1,000 games and has five seasons of 100 or more wins and 56 postseason wins, a Dodgers record and sixth most all-time behind Joe Torre (84), Tony La Russa (71), Bobby Cox (67), Dusty Baker (57 ) and Bruce Bochy (57).

“So I think they’re going to do everything they can to give us the best baseball team that can win a championship every year,” he added.

“In my nine years, they’ve done it,” said the manager of the 2024 Major League champions.