“The question is: Is it baseball?” Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman asked three days after the season-ending defeat. Their postseason lasted five days because their offense crumbled with runners in scoring position and the bullpen imploded in the seventh inning in Game 4. The Dodgers were 14-5 against the San Diego Padres during the regular season. Then the Dodgers lost in four games in the National League Division Series to a division opponent that the previous six months indicated was vastly inferior. They compiled the best run-differential by any team since 1939. They posted the best record in the majors with a franchise-record 111 wins. They were a much worse team when games mattered. When sports teams in Philadelphia have postseason success, the fans find a unique way to celebrate by climbing light posts and poles in the city. Sports Shaikin: Grease the poles? Philadelphia fans cast their vote for this title tradition
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