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Alexander: A Dodgers dynasty? It’s hard to argue otherwise

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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum @baseballhall.org · 3d

Dodgers #WorldSeries artifacts coming to the Hall of Fame:

🔹 Freddie Freeman's G3 bat
🔹 Will Klein's G3 glove
🔹 Base from 18-inning Game 3
🔹 Dave Roberts jersey
🔹 Mookie Betts final out glove
🔹 Will Smith’s G7 spikes
🔹 Yoshinobu Yamamoto's G7 cap
🔹 Andrew Friedman's championship celebration shirt

The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate their 2025 World Series victory. (Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos)

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Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · 3d

A Dodger dynasty? Three titles in six years, five World Series in a decade … why not?

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They successfully defended their championship with some late-inning lightning, and with three titles in six seasons, who’s to argue?

Alexander: Yes, Dodger fans, there will be 1 more World Series game

Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · 4d

A crazy and sudden ending to Game 6 means that this World Series will have a Game 7.

Regardless of your loyalties, this is a fitting way to end what has turned into a true Fall Classic.

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A massive defensive play by Kiké Hernández assures them of a Game 7 in Toronto, and a chance to play for a second straight Commissioner’s Trophy.

Alexander: So you’re saying the Dodgers have a chance …

Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · 5d

It ain’t over til… well, you know.

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Winning Games 6 and 7 on the road to win a World Series has been done, but it’s a heavy lift especially against this Blue Jays squad in Toronto.

Alexander: Dodgers have reached the edge of the cliff

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Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · 5d

No more margin for error. And - as well (and as intelligently) as the Blue Jays have played, the Dodgers have put themselves in this spot.

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An offensive slump at the worst possible time has led to two home losses and has the reigning World Series champs facing elimination in Game 6 on Friday night in Toronto.

The Audible: Pregame World Series reading before Dodgers vs. Jays in Game 5

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Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · 6d

For your pregame reading, @mirjamswanson.bsky.social and I are back with another Dodger postseason Audible.

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Columnists Jim Alexander and Mirjam Swanson discuss the World Series, which has become a best-of-three showdown.

Alexander: Is this familiar? Dodgers’ bullpen lets them down

Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · 7d

This is the worst part of having a shaky or at least inconsistent bullpen: It can let you down at the worst possible times.

Can the Dodgers hang on for two more victories?

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Anthony Banda and Blake Treinen couldn’t contain the Blue Jays in the seventh inning of Game 4, so this World Series is even with a return trip to Canada for at least one game now a certainty.

Alexander: World Series Game 3 was wild, weird … and ultimately wonderful for Dodgers

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Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · 8d

These 18-inning games are getting predictable, aren’t they?

Kidding.

Monday’s World Series Game 3 marathon was wild, sometimes weird, and ultimately wonderful for the home team.

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Another decisive Freddie Freeman home run, this one in the 18th inning, gave the reigning champs a 6-5 victory and the series lead over the Blue Jays.

Alexander: World Series Game 3 was wild, weird … and ultimately wonderful for Dodgers

Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · 8d

These 18-inning games are getting predictable, aren’t they?

Kidding.

Monday’s World Series Game 3 marathon was wild, sometimes weird, and ultimately wonderful for the home team.

www.ocregister.com/2025/10/28/a...

Another decisive Freddie Freeman home run, this one in the 18th inning, gave the reigning champs a 6-5 victory and the series lead over the Blue Jays.

Alexander: Max Scherzer is the World Series opponent, not the villain

Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · 9d

Are there Dodger fans who still have a grudge against Max Scherzer?

Here’s why they shouldn’t.

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The Blue Jays’ Game 3 starter shouldn’t hear it from the fans about the 2021 postseason, because the Dodgers overused him.

Alexander: Just like the old days, Dodgers’ Yamamoto finishes the job

Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · 10d

Is Yoshinobu Yamamoto a throwback? He’s certainly seemed like it lately.

Is he, maybe, the Dodgers’ ace? You can make that argument as well.

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After another complete game victory in Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday night, is the Japanese right-hander approaching – or has he already reached – ace status?

Alexander: A sobering World Series opener for Dodgers

Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · 11d

Was Game 1 a danger sign for the Dodgers, or just a wakeup call?

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Addison Barger’s historic pinch-hit grand slam is the key blow in Toronto’s nine-run sixth inning as the Blue Jays roll to an 11-4 win in Game 1.

Alexander: The Dodgers are World Series favorites, and should win, but …

Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · 12d

No, this probably will not look like the previous playoff rounds for the Dodgers.

But…

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The Dodgers have had a smooth ride through the first three rounds of postseason play, but the Fall Classic won’t be the same type of walkover, the columnist says.

Alexander: Dodgers’ secret for great pitching might be good planning

Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · 17d

Maybe this is the Dodgers’ advantage: While everyone else scuffles just to get to the postseason, they’re planning for October all season.

They’ve looked prepared so far, haven’t they?

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The Dodgers are back in the World Series with starters Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and Shohei Ohtani healthy and dominant at the right time.

Alexander: For Dodgers, there are 4 more victories to go

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Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · 18d

For the Dodgers, there are four victories to go. Four victories to meet the team's internal expectations - and, by the way, to put themselves in the history books as the first World Series repeat champion in a quarter century.

Would you bet against them?

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They finish a four-game NLCS sweep of the Brewers to advance to their fifth World Series in nine seasons … and why shouldn’t they repeat?

Alexander: The Dodgers’ juggernaut rolls on

Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · 19d

The Dodgers may be one win away from a return to the World Series, but Mookie Betts looks at it this way:

“… We’re five wins away from what we really want.”

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One victory stands between the defending champs eliminating the Brewers and returning to the World Series – easy, right?

The Audible: From Dodgers vs. Brewers in Game 3 of the NLCS

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Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · 19d

Today's Audible: Again, @mirjamswanson.bsky.social and I are at Dodger Stadium preparing for and discussing a postseason game.

What do you suppose our first topic is? Join us and find out.

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From Dodger Stadium, columnists Jim Alexander and Mirjam Swanson discuss the National League Championship Series.

Alexander: Dodgers’ starting pitchers present a large obstacle to Brewers

Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · 20d

It's one thing to take a 2-0 series lead in a best-of-seven. It's quite another thing to come home with a 2-0 series lead.

So, are the Dodgers going to finish this in The Ravine?

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At home with a 2-0 lead, and with a rotation whose collective ERA is 1.53 in the postseason, the reigning World Series champs’ chances are quite good.

Alexander: Are the Dodgers Darth Vader’s team?

Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · 23d

If you have to be the villain ...

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They’re the new Evil Empire, in the eyes of many, so their fans might as well have fun with it.

The Audible: Pregame reading before Dodgers’ Game 4 vs. the Phillies

Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · 26d

For your pre-game information -- or amusement -- today's Audible comes from Dodger Stadium, where @mirjamswanson.bsky.social and I are both awaiting Game 4.

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As the National League Division Series continues, opining about Clayton Kershaw, Tyler Glasnow and Tanner Scott.

Alexander: One big swing might have changed Dodgers-Phillies series

Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · 26d

Kyle Schwarber’s booming bat got Philadelphia back into the NL Division Series. Did it put the Dodgers in trouble?

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Philadelphia slugger Kyle Schwarber ends an 0-for-22 slump with two homers in his team’s 8-2 victory, and the first one in particular gets everybody’s attention.

Alexander: Luc Robitaille assesses the state of the Kings

Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · 28d

Kings president Luc Robitaille's take on his team's chances of contending for a Cup: “I would say if there’s 10 teams in our league that have a shot at it, we’re one of them.”

And really, it's not that far-fetched. They just have to get past April and early May.

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The best way to erase the bad taste of four straight first-round playoff knockouts is to win the Stanley Cup title, and the team president thinks they are contenders.

Alexander: Does the Dodgers’ real postseason start now?

Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · Oct 3

Leading off today's bucket o' notes: The Dodgers survived the Wild Card Series. The tough part begins Saturday in Philadelphia.

Also: Seattle Mariners vs. (former) Seattle Pilots? Maybe. Plus more commissioner's follies, in two sports. (Just two?)

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The National League Wild Card Series with the overmatched yet gritty Reds didn’t seem to have that playoff feel, but here come the Phillies.

Alexander: Have the Dodgers found their closer in Roki Sasaki?

Jim Alexander @jimalexander24.bsky.social · Oct 2

Dodger fans, it might no longer be necessary to cover your eyes when the bullpen gate opens before the ninth inning.

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The Japanese rookie and his 100 mph fastball provides an antidote to the team’s normal bullpen terror while finishing off their two-game sweep of the Reds.