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Dodgers take big step toward returning to the World Series, and 'the season begins now'

More Dodgers sprinting from the top step to the pitcher’s mound to hug in a giant maze of belief and blue?

It never gets old, even if it looks so familiar, these Dodgers of October, these boys of fall, scratching out victories and silencing strangers and scraping back toward their first title in 30 years.

It happened again Monday on a night when the Dodgers moved to within four wins of a second consecutive World Series appearance while thousands of fans were moved to tuck away their dumb rubber tomahawks.

For the fourth time in six years, the Dodgers successfully completed the first big postseason step toward fulfilling the dreams of Los Angeles, this time defeating the Atlanta Braves, 6-2, at SunTrust Park to capture the National League Division Series three games to one.