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Dodgers in the midst of magical season
- Updated: August 26, 2016
Pay attention, Cubbies, despite looking totally blessed.
And, yes, LeBron James brought Cleveland its first world championship for a major sports franchise in 52 years, but the Indians aren’t necessarily the next Chosen Ones.
The same goes for the Nationals, Rangers, Red Sox and those other special teams this year, for whatever reason.
Given what nearly happened Thursday night in Chavez Ravine, the Dodgers reminded us that they are the most charmed of them all.
Well, for now.
Since more than a month remains in the regular season, the title of baseball’s “Team of Destiny” could jump from L.A. to Miami to St. Louis to Toronto to wherever between now and Labor Day, and then right up to when somebody hoists the World Series trophy around Halloween.
This is just the Dodgers’ time. It has to be, because nobody stays vibrant through late summer after having 10, 15 or 19 guys on the disabled list at some point during the season. But 27? Clayton Kershaw is one of the best pitchers of his era — no, of any era. Courtesy of a creaky back, he hasn’t thrown a pitch for the Dodgers since June 26, but his teammates keep rolling. In fact, they’ve done so even more with Kershaw gone.
I’ll explain in a moment. But speaking of gone, Yasiel Puig was considered a huge part of the Dodgers’ present and future.
Puig is in the Minor Leagues.
The bottom line: When Kershaw left the roster on June 26, with others joining him weekly on the disabled list, and with Puig quickly becoming yesterday’s news around L.A., the Dodgers were 41-36 and trailed the National League West-leading Giants by eight games. That was their largest deficit of the season. Now they’re 71-56, and they’re leading the division by two games.
Huh?
Which brings us back to what nearly happened to the Dodgers on Thursday night against their dreaded rivals from San Francisco inside of normally home-team-friendly Dodger Stadium: They were nearly no-hit.
I mean, teams of destiny don’t get no-hitters thrown against …
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