As we look to the future after exhilarating and equally exhausting back to back World Series defeats, it will help to briefly take a look back since that last championship.
The nineties brought some exciting players–Hall of Famers Mike Piazza and Pedro Martinez, as well as future Hall of Famer in the recently retired Adrian Beltre. We witnessed 5 straight rookies of the year, and thought we had a sixth in Wilton Guererro, Vladimir’s forgotten brother. In all of the excitement of the nineties, just two playoff appearances.
The Dodgers were miserably swept in the division series in each of those years.