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Bill Plaschke: Harper is there for the taking, and Dodgers can't let the Giants get him

LOS ANGELES - Close the deal, Los Angeles Dodgers.

Bryce Harper is out there, waiting. A different October is dangling there, ready. A statement of championship boldness is sitting there, scripted.

The Dodgers need to blink hard, dig deep and end this game of chicken now by signing baseball's marquee free-agent outfielder so they can begin their third consecutive trip to the World Series and this time win the dang thing.

After several months of watching from the sidelines

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