They were I'm going to win. They were I'll lose. Everything in one go, all in one month.
Win. Lose. Win. Lose. Win. Lose.
Win!!!
Weeks later, my chest is still pounding, my throat is still tight, my mind is still not fully aware of the situation.
Dodgers won theirs second consecutive World Series championship this fall in pure dramatic art.
A catch worthy of a statue. Home plate inches that made history. A rogue outfielder steals a win. The struggling first baseman wins the marathon. A catcher with a bad arm steals the title.
The greatest postseason game by a single player in baseball history. The greatest single-pitcher World Series in baseball history. The greatest moment in baseball history by a Dodger reliever, a guy so embedded in the Los Angeles sports landscape that he will always be known simply by two shortened versions of his name…
Enough said.
Perhaps today it is appropriate to give thanks for the drama, for the art, for the breathtaking uncertainty of October Diamonds.
Thank you, baseball, for painting the picture for 13 of the Dodgers' most memorable playoff moments, one for every win, one for every scream, one for every time you thought it couldn't get any crazier.
Then it happened.
Nick Castellanos of the Philadelphia Phillies is out at third after Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts takes a throw from Max Muncy and tags out in the ninth inning of Game 2 of the NLDS at Citizens Bank Park.
(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)
