Dylan Hernández is a Sports columnist with the Los Angeles Times. Before that, he was the Dodgers beat writer. Hernandez grew up in South Pasadena and graduated from UCLA in 2002, after which he worked at the San Jose Mercury News for five years.
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Lo que los detractores ignoran es que los Dodgers no son el único equipo que ha gastado mucho dinero este año para conseguir el título. Lo que les diferencia de otras franquicias es cómo gastan ese dinero.
What detractors ignore is how the Dodgers aren’t the only team that spent big dollars this year to chase a title. It’s how they spend that separates them from other franchises.
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Hernández: Did the Dodgers figure out their bullpen issues? Roki Sasaki is only part of the story
The only reason there’s any doubt whether the Dodgers will repeat as World Series champions is because of their heart-attack-inducing bullpen, and now that group has started taking shape.
The possibility of one of their relievers blowing the game was eliminated by a complete game thrown by Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
The Dodgers absorbed the Brewers’ best collective shot, and they emerged with a victory that won them control of the best-of-seven National League Championship Series.