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    Bill Plaschke: Excitement of another Dodgers' postseason tempered by fear of another failure

    by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times Oct 03, 2019 5 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - October is back!

    Oh no, October is back.

    How great that the Los Angeles Dodgers are in the playoffs for a seventh consecutive season!

    How cruel that they might put us through another month of hell.

    This could be the team that breaks a franchise record 31-year drought and wins a World Series championship!

    This could be the team that finally breaks us in two.

    It is with truly mixed emotions that Los Angeles again begins its annual journey into madness, embarking on a dizzying path through Chavez Ravine carved by a relentless belief in something that has thus far been rendered nonexistent.

    Once again, Let's Go Dodgers!

    For once, can they not mess this up?

    When the Dodgers begin

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