188 days ago, the Dodgers were preparing to begin the game of games by partaking in the Fall Classic’s Game 7, the final hurdle to capturing the World Series. The baseball world was falling all over itself in anticipation for this clash of the titans; in one corner, the built-from-scratch by method of tanking Houston Astros; in the other corner, one of the tried-and-true blue bloods of the baseball world, the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Lance McCullers was set to go for Houston, while Yu Darvish took the bump for Los Angeles. It didn’t take long for the excitement to dwindle, as, by the end of the second inning, the Astros had already gone up 5-0 in front of 54,124 fans in Chavez Ravine.