The Dodgers are the National League West champions for the ninth time in the last 10 seasons. But if their postseason concludes with anything but another World Series Title, this season would be viewed as a failure, writes BNightengale
“For me, if you don’t win the World Series, what’s the point?’’ said Dodgers All-Star first baseman Freddie Freeman, who won a World Series last season with Atlanta. “It’s not like whoopty doo, you win 120 games. You don’t play the game for a regular-season win record. “It’s World Series or nothing.’’ 10 playoff berths. 1 World Series championship.
“Now, if we win 120 regular-season games and win the World Series, that would be cool. To win 120 games, break the record, and then win the World Series, then we’ll reflect on it. But until you win a World Series, it doesn’t really matter.’’ “It’s two-fold, if you make it all of the way,’’ says Dodgers All-Star right fielder Mookie Betts, “that’s what you’re supposed to do. And if you don’t, you’re a failure. It’s not fair, but it’s part of it. It is what it is.’’ “We’ve been fortunate with a lot of good teams here,’’ Roberts says, “but offensively, it’s probably the best we’ve had. We’ve been able to beat teams in a lot of different ways.
This team certainly is resurrecting memories of Atlanta’s dynasty in 1991-2005, winning 14 consecutive division titles en route to five World Series appearances and one championship. “We have created a standard for ourselves in how we play baseball,’’ Roberts said. “When you start in spring training, start the season, you know you have a talented roster. “But looking into the season, we weren’t the defending National League West champions. So that was first on our list, to get the division back in Los Angeles.” The Dodgers, who will have four weeks before the start of the playoffs, insist they’re not worried about a letdown dragging into the postseason.
This is the reason he came back to the Dodgers after contemplating retirement. If this is his final season, he wanted to savor every element of the division clinching celebration. No shirt. No goggles. No inhibitions. And a clubhouse speech before the first champagne bottle was uncorked.
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