If the Dodgers Win the World Series
A championship victory for Los Angeles would mean the team’s sustained ability to make it to the postseason—year after year—has finally paid off.
Tuesday evening, the Los Angeles Dodgers will open the 2018 World Series in Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox, extending what has been, by some measures, one of the more successful runs in recent MLB history. The Dodgers have reached the postseason in each of the past six years, the longest current streak in baseball, and have done so each time by winning their division, avoiding the one-game wild-card playoff. They’re annually stocked with all-stars and other honorees; , Dodgers have accounted for two Cy Young Awards, an MVP, two Rookie of the Year awards, and a Manager of the Year award. They’re the decade’s stalwart, combining new-school analytic know-how—the president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman made his name
