Friday BP: The Dodgers do not win World Series

Good morning, baseball fans!

We used to have a tradition around these parts, that when the Los Angeles Dodgers were eliminated from playoff contention, we would have our annual Dodgers do not win World Series for the (blank) consecutive year post.

Now, 2020 messed things up for a lot of reasons, and one of those was that cursed World Series after a pandemic-shortened regular season. Sure, it’s technically a World Series win, but if it takes playing half of a season in order to not choke in October, maybe there should be an asterisk. Just sayin’.

Regardless, while we cannot technically celebrate the fact that the Dodgers haven’t won a World Series since 1988 anymore, we can still celebrate…