It’s October. It’s the Dodgers. Never forget that.
Two days after their stirring opening win against the Washington Nationals, the heartache kids again have been whacked in the head by the playoffs, casting the same old doubt on this new autumn of hope.
“No one said it was going to be easy,” Dodger Manager Dave Roberts said, shaking his head after a fittingly chilly and windswept Sunday afternoon at Nationals Park.
Baseball officials stole their momentum by suspiciously ordering an early rain postponement of Saturday’s Game 2, even though the entire evening was pleasant and dry.