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Title-starved Dodgers fans finally feeling like a part of history

LOS ANGELES - Robert Medina pulled off his blue Los Angeles Dodgers cap to reveal a scar running along his scalp.

A few years back, the 39-year-old oilfield driller from Bakersfield was at work when he thought he'd been shot in the head.

He had suffered an aneurysm and it nearly killed him.

But this week, Medina, a lifelong Dodgers fan, attended his first-ever World Series game at Dodger Stadium wearing a Clayton Kershaw jersey, and life couldn't feel sweeter.

"This is my dream," Medina said. "I told my wife, 'I want to do this before I die.' "

For the Dodgers faithful, rooting for the home team playing

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