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The Dodgers’ post-1988 playoff history is a case of Ansel Adams leaving on the lens cap, Bob Dylan dropping his harmonica into the bean dip.
They have touched off celebrations in Cincinnati, Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia and St. Louis. They have won three playoff series since Orel Hershiser kneeled on the mound in Oakland. They have lost homefield advantages. They have lost with their best pitchers. They have lost hurt and they have lost healthy.
You don’t have to believe in ghosts to wonder how the Dodgers’ shoulders will droop if the Mets seize a first-inning lead in Game 1 of the NL Division Series tonight.