Dave Roberts had a message for fans who downplayed the Los Angeles Dodgers’ success by claiming they bought their wins, after a fan lost her job for accosting another fan.

On Friday, the Dodgers advanced to the World Series for the second consecutive season, thanks to the performance of Shohei Ohtani, their $700 million star. On the mound, Ohtani struck out 10 hitters, walked three, and allowed only two hits in six innings pitched.

At the plate, the Japanese megastar went 3-for-3, hitting three home runs with three RBI and one walk, winning the NLCS MVP. After the game, Roberts had a message for fans who believed the Dodgers were destroying MLB by paying players to win games.

“And I’ll tell you, before this season started, they said the Dodgers are ruining baseball. Let’s get four more wins and really ruin baseball. Let’s go!” Roberts exclaimed to Lauren Shehadi as he and the rest of the Dodgers celebrated their win in front of a home crowd in Los Angeles.

Of note, the Dodgers did not even have the highest payroll this season. The New York Mets led the way with $323 million, followed by Los Angeles ($321M), New York Yankees ($239M), Philadelphia Phillies ($284M), and the Toronto Blue Jays ($239M).

Roberts also lauded the job Ohtani did in Game 4, with the Japanese star almost single-handedly winning the series clincher for the Dodgers.

“Yeah, that was, you know, the greatest, probably the greatest postseason performance of all time, and there’s been a lot of postseason games, and there’s a reason why he’s the greatest player on the planet,” Roberts said of Ohtani’s night.

“You know, what he did on the mound, what he did at the bat, he created a lot of memories for a lot of people, and so for us to, you know, have a game-clinching, to do it in a game-clinching game at home, wins the NLCS MVP, pretty special, and I’m just happy to be able to go along for the ride.”

Roberts also claimed his team was “in the zone” as they battled the Brewers for a chance to make it to the World Series yet again.

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“We’re focused on playing good baseball, and I still think that there’s a lot of low-hanging fruit, you know, offensively, but it’s just a very talented group,” he continued. “It’s a very focused and very hungry group, so I think that when you get those components, it’s tough to beat, and we mind the little things.

“You know, we’re hungry. We don’t really care about what happened before, and we’re playing good baseball. We’re healthy, and we still got some work to do, though.”

The Dodgers will be back in action on Oct. 24 against the winner of the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays series.