Disconnected LA reporter deepens Padres fans' hatred of Dodgers after latest comments

The finalists for this year's National League Manager of the Year Award were released and Los Angeles Dodgers' skipper Dave Roberts was not among them. Apparently that doesn't sit well with Dodgers' beat writer Bill Plunkett.

A reporter for the Orange County Register, Plunkett took his irritation to X and vented his frustrations. "Managers of the 2 teams beat in NL playoffs (Mets Carlos Mendoza, Padres Mike Shildt) plus Milwaukee's Pat Murphy were named finalists for BBWAA's Mgr of Year award," Plunkett wrote. "Means Dave Roberts did not finish in top 3 of voting. Keep in mind -- ballots submitted before playoffs."

Somebody call the wham-bulance for Plunkett and every other Dodgers homer who's crying foul over the fact that the man presiding over the team with three former MVPs and a $350 million payroll should win Manager of the Year. This lack of self awareness and sheer entitlement is exactly why the Friar faithful, and nearly every other fanbase throughout Major League Baseball, can't stand the Dodgers.

Padres fans can't handle Dodgers whining about Dave Roberts Manager of the Year 'snub'

Now, Plunkett isn't entirely off base with his assessment. The columnist later posted that the award has become Manager of the Year of Team that Exceeded Expectations. There's truth in that statement, and San Diego Padres fans will probably feel that sentiment first hand when Murphy, the Milwaukee Brewers' manager, inevitably wins the award. Oftentimes, the BBWAA hands out the honor to the skipper who did the most with the least.

But Plunkett continued in his rant by suggesting that the annual expectations for the Dodgers are so high that Roberts will never get his just due. Okay, let's step away from baseball for a moment and look at another sport.

Can we all agree that the Kansas City Chiefs have been the most dominant team in the NFL for the past six seasons? Do you know how many times Andy Reid won NFL Coach of the Year during that span? Zero! Phil Jackson is widely regarded as the greatest NBA coach of all time. Despite winning 11 championships, Jackson was named NBA Coach of the Year only once (1996). Why? Because those men met the high expectations. They expected to win. It seems as if the Dodgers fans expected to lose, and now that they've won, it's time to pretend that Roberts is the greatest manager in baseball.

If you lead a team loaded with superstars after spending over $1 billion in free agency and have won 11 of the past 12 NL West Division championships, of course expectations are through the roof. They should be! Frankly, one could make the argument that until this season Roberts has failed miserably.

The entitled nature of the Dodgers and their fanbase (and apparently reporters) is nauseating. No one feels sorry for a team that buys a World Series championship, and no one is going to feel sorry for a manager who can rubber stamp a lineup card littered with All-Stars and former MVPs.

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