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Part of the postseason pep talk is rooted in the disregard others had for his players coming out of high school.

“It was one of the best pep talks of my life,” she says, “and it’s all I really needed. I’ll get a lump in my throat just thinking about it.”

However, on the day the Dodgers’ Dave Roberts delivered his pep talk to the Palisades High baseball team, the school newspaper was not there to cover it.

Then he headed down the hill to his car, a pep in his step.

More than enjoying her successes Sunday, she showed greater joy cheering for her teammates after their routines or giving them pre-competition pep talks.