With one swing, a new Dodgers miracle was sent sailing into a warm Midwestern night, disappearing into bleachers filled with laughing, singing fans who howled with a pounding reminder.
The Dodgers aren’t playing the Washington Nationals anymore.
These are the Chicago Cubs, the seemingly destined Chicago Cubs, bearing down on 108 years of bad history, and at least for one night, even the charmed Dodgers weren’t going to get in their way.
“It stings a little bit, absolutely,” Manager Dave Roberts said Saturday night. “Yeah, I thought we were going to win.