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    Bill Plaschke: Chasing record wins, red-hot Dodgers need to play it cool

    LOS ANGELES — It feels weird issuing this plea to a baseball team bullying its way toward historic ground, but, sorry, somebody has to say it. Hey, steamrolling Dodgers? Chill. Hey, dominant Dodgers playing well enough to approach records for both franchise and major league wins? Don't push it. The hotter-than-hot Dodgers — who lead the National League West by a compelling 19 1/2 games with an ...
    by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times Aug 25, 2022 4 minutes
    Los Angeles Dodgers' Austin Barnes gets congratulated by Mookie Betts following his two-run homerun in the sixth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Los Angeles.

    LOS ANGELES — It feels weird issuing this plea to a baseball team bullying its way toward historic ground, but, sorry, somebody has to say it.

    Hey, steamrolling Dodgers?

    Chill.

    Hey, dominant Dodgers playing well enough to approach records for both franchise and major league wins?

    Don't push it.

    The hotter-than-hot Dodgers — who lead the National League West by a compelling 19 1/2 games with an astounding run differential of 275 after Wednesday's 12-6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers — need to start playing it cool.

    They can eclipse the 2001 Seattle Mariners record of 116 victories by winning 31 of

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