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    Bill Plaschke: Stripling unable to let go during haunting offseason

    by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times Jan 28, 2018 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Ross Stripling was like most Dodgers fans on that dreary first night of November.

    Moments after his team's Game 7 World Series loss, the Dodgers pitcher couldn't get home fast enough.

    He had to catch a flight to get there, so he rushed from the stadium, confirmed his reservation, and the next morning was sitting in an economy window seat preparing to leave a nightmare.

    Only, for him, as for surely many Dodgers this offseason, there would be no escape.

    Stripling lives in Houston, and shortly before takeoff he realized he would be flying home in a plane full of rowdy Astros fans.

    "I was like, 'Oh hell,'" he said.

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