Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts Goes Viral For Breakdancing at Spring Training
The Los Angeles Dodgers had the day off from Cactus League play Monday, but manager Dave Roberts still found a way to go viral during the break.
A Shohei Ohtani fan account shared a video of Roberts that was seeming pulled from a Japanese broadcast. In the instantly-viral clip, the manager showed off his breakdancing skills on a mat during warmups.
Roberts hit the floor and spun a few times on his back, then finished the move by posing with a hand on his head and another on his hip.
Superstar Mookie Betts, who had front row seats to Roberts' one-man show, spanked his manager as he was getting up. The two keeled over in laughter, enjoying the moment down in Arizona.
Roberts in entering his ninth season as the Dodgers' manager. He has led Los Angeles to the playoffs eight years in a row, plus a World Series championship at the end of the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign.
Before getting into coaching, Roberts enjoyed a 10-year MLB career. He suited up for the Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants from 1999 to 2008, following his record-setting time at UCLA.
The 51-year-old is heading up a Dodgers team that is widely expected to reach triple-digit wins for the sixth time in eight years. After adding Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow, Teoscar Hernández and James Paxton this offseason, Los Angeles' win total has been pegged at 103.5 by most major sportsbooks.
Betts has been playing for Roberts and the Dodgers for four years now, and it appears he is as close as ever with his manager.
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