Those five consecutive division titles still matter. Those 45 playoff games still mean something. All those autumn triumphs and their accompanying scars are still working, sculpting, shaping the Dodgers into the team that stepped on to the Dodger Stadium field against the Colorado Rockies on Monday in the first of a three-game showdown for control of the National League West.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 18, 2018 06:22 UTC