LOS ANGELES -- The beauty of center fielder Charlie Blackmon's late-season success is that there's no reason one can pinpoint. Blackmon entered Monday's Game 163 showdown with the Dodgers for the National League West title with hits in 20 of the last 22 games -- and a cycle in Sunday's 12-2 victory over the Nationals.
There are patterns in the stats. For example, the .382-point increase between Blackmon's August OPS (.652) and his September number (1.034) is the greatest of any player in the Majors -- more than the .277 uptick for the Brewers' Christian Yelich (1.