The Dodgers aren’t supposed to be making this look so easy.
From Day One in spring training, this was the season storyline: Can the Dodgers become the first major league team in 25 years to repeat as champions?
Easy to understand. Hard to do.
But a deeper look reveals a degree of difficulty beneath the storyline.
The New York Yankees won the World Series in 2000 — their third consecutive championship — then lost the World Series in 2001.
Since then, only one champion has even returned to the World Series the following year.