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May 18, 2024; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts (30) look on during batting practice prior to the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
May 18, 2024; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts (30) look on during batting practice prior to the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

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PITTSBURGH -- PITTSBURGH -- The Los Angeles Dodgers made a trip to the Steel City to face off with the Pirates but their manager took some time out of his visit and stepped over to the city's football side to meet with Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin.

Dodgers skipper Dave Roberts and his coaching staff visited the South Side to meet with Tomlin and the Steelers in the middle of the second week of Organized Team Activities.

Roberts and the Dodgers have already dropped this week's series against the Pirates but are still among the best teams in the MLB with a stacked roster that includes superstars like Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow, Clayton Kershaw and more. They lead their own division by seven games and own the fourth-best record in all of baseball.

The Steelers are chasing some similar success. With a retooled and younger roster, Pittsburgh is trying to break through for its first playoff win since 2017. Roberts led a similar breakthrough for the Dodgers in 2020, when they won the franchise's first World Series since 1988. Perhaps he had some key words of wisdom that Tomlin and the Steelers will benefit from.

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Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper. He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press. During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general. 

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