Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts made a powerful enemy out of many Toronto Blue Jays fans throughout Canada on Sunday.

When asked by a reporter at Dodger Stadium who’d experienced his own travel delays from Toronto to Los Angeles, Roberts had an interesting choice of words.

“I don’t want to get too far into it. I just arrived about 30 minutes ago. So there was some delays. I don’t know if there was intent or not. But, man, the international stuff was a bear. But we made it. We made it,” Roberts said.

It was the intent part of the quote that stirred up the most reaction online.

Was the manager of the Dodgers really suggesting that someone was sabotaging their team’s travel? Doesn’t he know he was going through American customs?

In a follow-up article with The Athletic’s And

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