Multi Title Winning Managers Bruce Bochy And Dave Roberts In The Current “Tex” at L.A. Dodgers Series

The current Texas Rangers (2023) at L.A. Dodgers series matches the last three World Series winners.

(11-3) L.A.– the first to 10 wins team, has won the first two games of the 3 game series, dropping Texas’ mark to (7-7).

Additionally, the series has two managers who rank high on the list of World Series winning, managed teams, Texas’ Bruce Bochy with 4 while Dave Roberts has 3, one more than a bit tainted or < — , that in Covid affected 2020.

Only Casey Stengel and Joe McCarthy (7) and Connie Mack (5) have managed more title teams than Bochy.

Joe Torre and Walter Alston, the latter had but one big league at bat, the former was a tremendous hitter, each of whom never played in a post-season tilt, also guided 4 title winners.

Torre’s 4 crowns all with with the Yankees (’96 and ’98-2000) and Alston’s with the then Brooklyn Dodgers in ’55 then three more odd year crowns, with the L.A. version in ’59, ’63 and ’65.

Bochy won 3 “even year” titles with the San Francisco Giants (2010, 2012 and 2014) before getting an “odd” such, with Texas in 2023.

Roberts is one of five managers with 3 titles, the others being John McGraw (1905, 1921, 1922), Miller Huggins (1923, 1927 and 1928–incredible, it seems, that the Yankees were “only” (4-3) in W.S. with Babe Ruth, who I consider the greatest player ever. They were just (3-3) in W.S. play with Ruth and Huggins as the manager, obviously still quite impressive), George “Sparky” Anderson (1975 and 1976 with the great “Big Red Machine” (Cincinnati Reds) and the “wire to wire”/off (35-5), ’84 Detroit Tigers, and Tony LaRussa who won it all in ’89 with the Oakland A’s and in 2006 and 2011 with the St. Louis Cardinals also “helmed” 3 title winners.

(You) possibly “know me by now” (ode to Simply Red and see below), as to why I cite the fine broadcaster, Bruce Roberts, pictured above. (Bruce for Bochy, Roberts for Dave= again a fine broadcaster, Bruce Roberts.

Unfortunately, he died far too young (early fifties) in 1981. Above a WBBM, the Chicago CBS affiliate station, newscast from 1971 with Bruce Roberts fine effort appearing for 4 minutes, beginning at say 2:30