Dodgers’ failed World Series bid cost them money and trust. Now the bill comes due
by Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times
Oct 24, 2021
4 minutes
ATLANTA — It was close to midnight Saturday when Atlanta erupted. A sellout crowd erupted. Fireworks erupted. The players erupted, tossing off their caps and hopping madly around the infield. The mascot charged onto the field, waving an enormous red flag with the words “NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPS.”
But, as the Dodgers left the field for the last time this season, I was not thinking of the Braves. I was thinking of the New York Yankees. I could not help but think of what Aaron Boone, the manager of the Yankees, said after his team was eliminated in the playoffs this year.
“The league has closed the gap on us,” Boone said.
The Yankees did not fire Boone
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