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LA shifts focus to ‘totally different season’
- Updated: October 5, 2016
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers lost five of their last six games in the regular season. But they won five of the six games they played against the Washington Nationals.
After a Monday workout, Dodgers players essentially nullified both sets of results as having any meaning going into the best-of-five National League Division Series that opens Friday in Washington (2:30 p.m. PT/FS1).
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“When you clinch, I’ve seen it countless times, there’s just a little bit of that edge in terms of preparation, and last week we were using guys in different spots,” said Andrew Friedman, president of baseball operations.
“I’ve been with teams that rolled in and didn’t have success. I’ve been with teams that struggled coming in and had a lot of success. It’s a totally different season and I’m …
