TORONTO — On Wednesday, the longest night of the Dodgers’ season got dragged into the early hours of the next morning.
In Game 5 of the World Series, the team had been embarrassed on its home field, getting shut down and outplayed in a loss to the Toronto Blue Jays that sent them to the airport with their season on the brink.
When the players arrived at LAX later that night, they were already preparing for a lengthy flight back to Toronto. Then, they were forced to sit on the tarmac and wait a little more.
First, as the team charter taxied to the runway, a fuel pump alert came on in the cockpit, forcing the aircraft to return to its gate.