He is the man most responsible for a Dodgers team on the verge of booking a third consecutive trip to October.
Yet Ned Colletti has no magic number. He has no magic anywhere, really, except that while still working for a team he once built, he has completely disappeared.
Fired as Dodgers general manager in October but retained as a senior adviser, Colletti hovers over his creation like a ghost.
He is a commentator for a Dodgers television network that much of Los Angeles cannot access. He has been a scout at college and minor-league games that few attended.