Chris Taylor hit .240 with no homers in 86 games for the Mariners before being traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. This season, he hit .288 with 21 homers for L.A., which is in the World Series.
CHICAGO – It took nearly three decades for the Los Angeles Dodgers to return to the World Series. In all that time, Hollywood’s team could never find the right leading man.
In their search for a leadoff hitter, they poached from old rivals, grabbing Willie Randolph from the New York Yankees and Brett Butler from the San Francisco Giants. They traded a future Hall of Famer, Pedro Martinez, to get Delino DeShields.