After winning the 2020 World Series, the Dodgers looked poised to win more championships. But myriad issues have grounded the team short of another championship.
Wearing a plaid sports coat and self-assured grin, Andrew Friedman ascended the Dodger Stadium podium in February 2021 like a conquering hero, the reigning monarch of a Dodger-blue empire that finally captured baseball’s throne.
“About why things are so different for us in the postseason.” The elephant in the room, especially this year: the performance of Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and the other big stars. Betts went hitless in 11 NLDS at-bats and is three for his last 38 in the playoffs. Freeman was just one for 10 and like Betts squandered several key situations. And despite flashes from Will Smith, J.D. Martinez and Kiké Hernández, no one else in the lineup bailed them out.
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