For this powerful team located in the City of Angels, they have waited too long for this champion. The last time they won the championship was in 1988, when the star of the NBA giants Lakers in the same city was Magic Johnson.
And watching the rivals in the West of the League of Nations won more than one championship in the 21st century, and even created a magical even-year legend, don’t know what the mood of the Dodge fans at that time would be (Red Sox fans said that Often encountered over the past century, can understand).
Perhaps it is precisely because of the arrogance and reluctance of this giant team that Dodge also opened their way back to glory. Especially in 2014, whether it was the discovery and cultivation of young talents on their own farms, or the large sums of money in the market to recruit famous players, they have done well in the major leagues in the past ten years. Thanks to this, the Dodgers have become the most stable team in the major leagues in the past decade. From 2013 until this year, not only completed the eight consecutive years of dominance in the West Zone of the League of Nations, but also entered the World Series twice in 2017 and 2018, but the results were all defeated.
However, it is precisely because of this that he has played in the playoffs for years in the first place in the competition area, but has always been defeated repeatedly. It is the highest honor missed, and the situation of the team and the players is a little bit awkward: 一In terms of their strengths are obvious to all, no opponent dares to underestimate them. But it seems that they are always a little bit worse. As for whether the difference is hard spirit, fighting spirit or luck, even the Dodgers themselves can't tell.
But this does not prevent the players from being laughed at as the playoff soft-footed shrimp, Kershaw (Clayton Kershaw), Bellinger (Cody Bellinger), Seager (Corey Seager) and other teams. All stars can't escape this disaster. Highly paid teams, this identity makes them mocked material after each playoff defeat.
In 2020, due to the impact of the epidemic, all professional events worldwide will be affected. The MLB regular season has been delayed, and the shrinking season before the start has become a foregone conclusion. Therefore, after the news that the Dodgers signed Betts (Mookie Betts) and swallowed the packaged premium contract with a super high salary, they were still so big, knowing that this season is definitely shrinking. Although the team’s determination is Resolutely can be seen, but if in the end it still fails to get the long-awaited highest honor-the World Series championship, then it is difficult for the Dodgers to be successful . After all, everyone now knows that the regular season record and the like There is really no suspense about Dodge's current lineup. They have only one goal: the World Series championship.
The process of the regular season can be said to be reasonable, because Dodge once again unsurprisingly won the National League West Division first place into the playoffs with the top lineup. But to some extent it was also unexpected. In just 60 regular-season games, they had achieved 43 victories. If converted into 162 regular-season games, they would have achieved an epic 116 victories. Although this algorithm is actually impossible to count, the strength of the team reflected behind the numbers is indeed beyond doubt.
and the opponents in the first two rounds of the playoffs did not give this super battleship too much challenge. Whether it is the brewers of the No. 8 seeded team of the National League, or the Padres, which has been actively operating in the market this season for better results, Dodge has been bald and went back home. The first two rounds of the playoffs have been smooth for Dodgers. After all, the difference in team strength is almost visible to the naked eye. What really caused them trouble was the opponent of the National League Championship, the Warriors from Atlanta.
The Warriors also swept the playoff opponents into the National League Championship in two rounds with a record of five consecutive wins. Compared to the Dodge, which has almost been the leader of the League of Nations in the past ten years, the Warriors are the challengers who have emerged in the past two years and are also the Avengers. In 2018, they returned to the playoffs as the leader of the National League East Division for the first time in 8 years, and they were eliminated by the Dodgers.
And this time standing on the stage of the National League Championship, the opponent is the old enemy two years ago, and the Warriors started the game with anger.The momentum was like a rainbow, and he first gave the Dodgers a win with two consecutive victories. Even in the first half of the first game of the third game, Dodge scored 11 points to get back a game. But after 4 games, the Warriors have already won the draw advantage 3:1 in seven games of four wins. As long as they win another game, they can sink the seemingly invincible Dodge ship. Let Kershaw and others "playoff soft-footed shrimp" have a solid reputation.
The fifth game of the 2020 National League Championship. If this game is lost, Dodge will most likely become the biggest laughing stock of the season: a player who has paid such a high price to sign into the MVP level still repeats the nightmare of not being able to win the championship.
At this time, no one can help them except the Dodgers themselves. But at this moment, Bates took the initiative to end the possibility that he was one of the protagonists.
If you want to choose the turning point of the entire National League Championship, it must be the alternate double kill caused by Bates's rush to pick up the third game in the fifth game of the series and then accurately guide the return home plate (because of Austria Zuna was judged to leave the game early after challenging the video). And looking back and forth at the current time point of the Dodge playoffs this year, the value of this skill alone is almost worth half of Bates' salary.
also took this ball as the watershed. The situation and momentum of the entire National League Championship was completely reversed. The Dodgers, who were originally on the edge of the cliff, came back to life. Not only did they chase the big score to 3:2 in the fifth game, but even afterwards, they went down again. The two cities abruptly dragged the unfavorable situation of 3:1 into the tiebreaker and eventually entered the World Series. Although it is a pity that the Z1z Warriors lost, but I have to admit that the Dodgers' reversal is absolutely wonderful, worthy of tickets to the World Series.
So, the 2020 MLB story has reached the final chapter and the climax: the National League Champion Dodgers will face the American League Champion Rays and compete for the highest honor they have violated for 32 years. For the Rays, their previous two rounds of the playoffs were the Yankees and the Astros. Adding the Dodgers now makes for the three highest-paid teams in the major leagues.
alone is the sum of the salaries of Bates and Kershaw, which is basically equal to the total salary of the entire Rays team. Therefore, for many neutral fans, it is a better story for the poor team to attack the wealthy giants and win the championship. Therefore, the Dodge may not be a likable one compared to the Rays in the World Series. After all, if the light wins this time, this kind of story is simply passionate and inspirational. Let the Dodgers continue to do the playoffs soft-footed shrimp, is Kershaw still a good student?
"Not good!" The Dodgers answered this question firmly with practical actions.
But after all, Shining has just gone through two rounds of the tough team, even if the book strength is at a disadvantage, it still does not fall behind with the Dodge. As long as the Dodge wins first, Ray will fight back in the next game. After the four games, the score was 2:2, and both sides were still at the same starting line.
In the fifth game, the Dodgers’ trump card, Kershaw, who has been ridiculed enough in the playoffs, came on stage. This is probably the best chance for him to get his name right, and the two sides of the game are if he His performance is still not good enough, so the titles that were slightly mocking or even insulting to him before will likely become a nightmare that he can't get rid of throughout his career. and Kershaw knows this very well. He handed over 6 strikeouts in the starting board of 5.2 innings. Although he lost 2 points, he still won with an ERA 2.31 performance and won in the fourth game. Rejected Margot's attempt to steal a home plate from the left side of the Rays.
In the sixth game, the light was still the same as before, and he quickly returned after the last defeat. Randy Arozarena (Randy Arozarena), who has been in hot form throughout the playoffs, took the lead in the first game. In the first five rounds, the Dodgers also failed to open up the situation for a long time, and even contributed 4 times three on three.
Just when many people thought that Shining would once again equalize the big score and bring the World Series to the tiebreaker, Bates stood againCome out, to show the world what is the ability of an MVP player to make a final decision. first sent his teammate Barnes (Austin Barnes) to the third base bag with a second base, laying the groundwork for the next light pitcher to shoot back to tie the score, and then ran back with his own legs. The key to the overtake game!
At this time, the situation on the court has been reversed. It is no longer the light shooter Blake Snell who is firmly in control. Everyone realizes that Dodge is very close to the World Series trophy. And the home run of Betts in the first half proved to everyone that just this year's playoff performance, the Dodgers' trade has been regarded as the most successful and correct this year to the point where there is almost no need to add one. Because the trophy they have been dreaming of for 32 years can finally be held high again!
At this moment, in addition to cheering for them, everything else is superfluous!
And with the end of the 2020 season, the Dodgers once again won the cup and ended their most successful season in 32 years. However, what is certain is that with the current lineup, the main players such as Kershaw, Bellinger and Seager are still at the peak, and the new stars they cultivated such as Walker Buehler are also rising, and Bates The new MVP will undoubtedly become the new Kanban figure of the Dodgers.
The goal of the Dodgers is definitely not just to win a 32-year-old championship, their ambitions will definitely be greater. And their strength also allows them to look forward to more honors. Therefore, the road to this championship is not the end. Perhaps the story has just begun.
