{"id":93200,"date":"2020-10-20T07:10:32","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T04:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/odd-world-series-circumstances-mean-nothing-to-title-hungry-dodgers\/"},"modified":"2020-10-20T07:10:32","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T04:10:32","slug":"odd-world-series-circumstances-mean-nothing-to-title-hungry-dodgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/odd-world-series-circumstances-mean-nothing-to-title-hungry-dodgers\/","title":{"rendered":"#Odd World Series circumstances mean nothing to title-hungry Dodgers"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Odd World Series<\/a> circumstances mean nothing to title-hungry Dodgers<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n The Dodgers had lost the World Series two straight seasons when they returned a few years later for another shot with much the same nucleus.<\/p>\n

It was 1981, a season shortened almost two months by a players strike, only adding questions about the legitimacy of the World Series champion. The Dodgers, who had lost the World Series in 1977 and \u201978 to the Yankees, this time beat their nemesis in six game<\/a>s.<\/p>\n

Finally, the talented team from Los Angeles loaded with All-Star talent \u2014 Steve Garvey, Ron Cey and Dusty Baker to name a few \u2014 could hoist the world championship trophy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was extra incentive from us because of the bitter taste and disapp<\/a>ointment of \u201977 and \u201978,\u201d former Dodgers outfielder Rick Monday told The Post.<\/p>\n

When the 2020 World Series begins Tuesday night at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, much of this latest generation of Dodgers will sense the same kind of urgency, as they face the AL champion Rays.<\/p>\n

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Dave Roberts celebrates his Dodgers winning the NL pennant.<\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After reaching the World Series in 2017 and \u201918, losing to the Astros and Red Sox, respectively, the Dodgers are back on a mission. Somehow, some way must end a World Series title drought that dates to 1988, when Kirk Gibson\u2019s dramatic home run in Game 1 served as the springboard to an upset series victory over the Athletics.<\/p>\n

Justin Turner noted Monday that celebration was somewhat muted after the Dodgers returned to their team hotel following Sunday\u2019s 4-3 victory over the Braves in Game 7 of the NLCS a night earlier. Players converged in an outdoor space at the hotel and focused on what still had to be accomplished.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of guys were talking baseball and about the series we just went through and different situations and plays that came up,\u201d Turner said. \u201cSo although I think we were trying to celebrate it a little bit, everyone\u2019s mind just went straight back to baseball.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both team buses were full, according to Turner, for the Dodgers\u2019 optional workout Monday.<\/p>\n

Though you could question the validity of the Astros\u2019 World Series title in \u201917 after their illegal sign-stealing scheme, which was uncovered last offseason, the official record shows the Dodgers lost the series in seven games.<\/p>\n

A year later, the Red Sox \u2014 with Mookie Betts \u2014 needed only five games to beat the Dodgers in the World Series.<\/p>\n

Betts now plays for the Dodgers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we would have beat the Red Sox if we had Mookie Betts,\u201d Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.<\/p>\n

Turner, Game 1 starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw, Cody Bellinger, Joc Pederson, Chris Taylor, Kenley Jansen and Kik\u00e9 Hernandez are among the Dodgers who played in both World Series losses. Corey Seager was a part of both teams, but missed the 2018 World Series after undergoing Tommy John surgery.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe job is not done,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cThe goal wasn\u2019t to get to the World Series, the goal is to win the World Series and now that we can shift the focus to the Tampa Bay Rays, they have a really good team and are playing real good baseball.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe World Series is the World Series, however you get here. Seventeen happened, \u201918 happened, last year we fell short. Now we\u2019re back. The past is in the past, so this one feels super special because it\u2019s what is in front of us and it\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Monday, a longtime Dodgers broadcaster, recalled the controversy in 1981 because the season was divided into halves, placing the first-place team in each half into the playoffs. The Reds, who had the NL\u2019s best record overall, were excluded from the playoffs.<\/p>\n

This year the questions about the World Series\u2019 legitimacy stem from the 60-game season that followed the game\u2019s shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s some parallels in comparison terms that you\u2019re not dealing with 162 games, you are dealing with an abbreviated season,\u201d Monday said on the 39th anniversary of his dramatic homer against the Expos that sent the Dodgers to the World Series. \u201cBut this one is unlike any other season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turner indicated there won\u2019t be an asterisk placed next to this year\u2019s winner.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlaying good teams in a difficult format, not playing at home, being in a bubble, not seeing a lot of the teams all year long that we\u2019re playing in the postseason,\u201d Turner said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of challenges that go into winning a championship this year and it\u2019s still going to be special.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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