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Column: Forget all the injuries. The Dodgers are going to win the World Series.

You read it here first, or at least for the first time since their rotation started crumbling like the California coastline: The Dodgers will win the World Series.

Order the rings. Schedule the parade.

The Dodgers have Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Almost six months after he pitched his first game for them, they finally have the real Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

The diminutive Japanese right-hander made his long-awaited return from the injured list on Tuesday night, and he was everything the Dodgers said he would be when they signed him over the winter.

The Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitches to the Cubs' Seiya Suzuki as catcher Austin Barnes and umpire Cory Blaser watch
Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitches to the Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki during the first inning Tuesday at Dodger Stadium.