When the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 6 of the World Series to capture their first title since 1988, it ended decades-long worth of postseason frustrations.
Those especially began to mount over the last seven seasons. From 2013-19, L.A. won the National League West each year, but suffered three first-round exits, two losses in the NL Championship Series and two World Series defeats during that span.
A mainstay on most of those teams was Andre Ethier, who spent his entire career with the Dodgers. He retired midway through the 2018 campaign, which was less than a year removed from the club taking the Houston Astros to seven games in the World Series.