This time it will be different. That’s what the Dodgers have been hoping, what their fans have been saying and what — quite frankly — the results of this 60-game season and month-long playoff spring have been showing us.
“This is our year,” manager Dave Roberts proclaimed after the Dodgers advanced to the World Series. Five games later, he doesn’t look wrong.
This time the Dodgers might not leave October baseball hanging their heads and wondering what went wrong. This time it might actually be their year.
After another commanding win in Game 5 of the World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday night, one thing is definitely different: For the time since 1988, the Dodgers have more than one chance at closing out a World Series.