The Dodgers won 104 games in the regular season, the Astros 101. When Game 1 dawns on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium -- mere minutes from Century City -- it will be the first time two 100-win teams face each other in the Series since the Reds and Orioles in 1970, and the first time in any postseason series since the Yankees-Royals American League Championship Series in 1977. Only seven times have two 100-game winners met on this Series stage. Now come these two clubs, which have already accomplished so much this year.
"Now," Houston manager A.J. Hinch said, "we chase the ultimate prize.