When Major League Baseball changed the postseason format to reward teams who finished the regular season with the top two records in their respective leagues, it wasn’t meant to have upsets every year.
After bowing out in the National League Division Series the past two years, the Los Angeles Dodgers finally figured out the mystery of the five-day break.
Instead of coming to the ballpark for two or three hours a day to get a workout in, the Dodgers put in full eight-hour workdays, spending as much time together as possible.
“This is one of the closest groups that I’ve ever been a part of.