Entering a critical offseason, Dodgers seek answers to their postseason dilemma
PHOENIX — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts contemplated the question and struggled to find the answer.
In the regular season, his team had won 100 games for a third consecutive year, claimed its 10th National League West division title in the last 11 seasons and earned a bye through the first round of the playoffs, maintaining its status as one Major League Baseball's annual juggernaut clubs.
In this week's NL Division Series, however, the Dodgers crumbled again, losing three straight games in a sweep against the Arizona Diamondbacks that ended their season in a familiar, frustrating and futile flash.
Thus, in the wake of their elimination Wednesday night, Roberts was asked to diagnose the club's troublesome October trend, pressed to explain why the
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