Clayton Kershaw, frozen on the mound, staring at his shoes. Dodgers batters, motionless at home plate, glaring into failure. Dave Roberts, stuck on the dugout rail, peering into his future.
Surrounding it all was a Dodger Stadium filled with October-bitten fans, frosty in their seats, glaring down at somebody else celebrating a championship for the second consecutive year.
The Boston Red Sox won the World Series title with a 5-1 victory over the Dodgers in Game 5, capturing the series four games to one and winning their fourth championship in 15 years.
All this, one year after the Houston Astros won the same crown at the same place by the same score with a Game 7 victory over the Dodgers.