In Toronto and Houston and Flushing, N.Y., the playoffs can’t get here fast enough. In Los Angeles, they’ll get here when they’re supposed to.
First-time frenzy is impossible to duplicate. Also hard to control. It’s been nearly a generation since the Blue Jays, Astros and Mets have been so good, so late. None of those fan bases were counting on this. It’s Boxing Day every day at Rogers Centre, and Houston and New York are savoring every minute.
The Dodgers have been through that. They rode the wave in 2008, when Manny Ramirez fell into their lap, and then they crashed into the rocks.