After narrowly missing the postseason in 2012, the Los Angeles Dodgers responded with the offseason signings of Zack Greinke and Hyun-Jin Ryu.
It was part of an effort by the newly-installed Guggenheim Baseball Management ownership group to propel the organization back into contention. The Dodgers had last qualified for the playoffs in 2009, and with a goal of again advancing to October, carried high expectations into the 2013 season.
L.A. got off to a slow start before turning it on in the second half, highlighted by an unprecedented 42-8 stretch that began on June 22. Nearly three months later, on Sept.