The Nationals, who had just come off an exhilarating wild-card game win over the Brewers, were supposed to be just a pitstop on the way to the World Series. Then, the unthinkable happened the supposed “unstoppable Dodgers” lost in Game 5 of the NLDS to the Washington Nationals. However, 2019 seemed to be the Dodgers year – with MVP candidate Cody Bellinger, and Cy Young candidate Hyun Jin-Ryu leading the team, the Dodgers finally had the pieces in place to win the World Series. Then in 2018, they ran into the heavy-hitting Boston Red Sox, who beat the sluggish Dodgers in 5 games. A back-and-forth series eventually led to their defeat in Game 7. It seemed as if their decades long championship drought was finally going to come to a close in 2017, when the Dodgers faced off against the Astros in the World Series. The slogan of the 1950’s Brooklyn Dodgers, “Wait ‘Til Next Year,” resonates with this current Dodgers team. Photo courtesy Photo Courtesy of CBS Sports
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