Inside the frenzied 12 minutes that led to the Dodgers’ deal for Yu Darvish

In the minutes leading up to 3:40 p.m. ET on Monday, the Los Angeles Dodgers' brain trust was lamenting a missed opportunity. The Dodgers hoped they had the pieces to complete a trade for Baltimore Orioles closer Zach Britton. Earlier in the day, after more than a week of the posturing and pretense that defines conversations leading up to Major League Baseball's trade deadline, they had abandoned hope of getting the other available elite pitcher, Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish, too.