The Los Angeles Dodgers reached the World Series in back-to-back years in 2017 and 2018, only to be, defeated by the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox, respectively, extending their championship drought since 1988.
To make matters worse, it was revealed this past offseason that the Astros were electronically stealing signs during the 2017 regular season and postseason. The Red Sox name also came up in the investigation as former manager Alex Cora was one of the pioneers of the scandal when he was the bench coach for the Astros in 2017.
The Red Sox parted with Cora shortly after MLB announced their findings of the Astros, but they themselves are still awaiting word from the league on a second investigation.