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• Maeda vs. Lester NLCS Game 1
  From the Web › Scout.com
  Maeda vs. Lester NLCS Game 1
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• Dodgers' Julio Urias awaits his next assignment
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  A day after becoming the youngest pitcher in baseball history to win a postseason game, 20-year-old Julio Urias was waiting to hear from Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts...
  Share • October 14, 2016 at 9:35 PM
• Chicago Cubs' balanced attack makes LA Dodgers the underdogs
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw had just pitched the inning of his life Thursday night when he addressed reporters after Game 5 of the National League Division Series in...
  Share • October 14, 2016 at 8:35 PM
• LEADING OFF: Dodgers-Cubs open NLCS; Indians go for 2-0 lead
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  The Chicago Cubs host the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the NL Championship Series at 8:08 p.m. EDT. Four wins from their first pennant in 71 years, the Cubs send Jon...
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• 3 keys for Dodgers to reach World Series
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers went into the National League Division Series knowing they had already beaten the opposing Nationals five of six in the regular season, that they matched up...
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• Tale of the Tape: Maeda vs. Lester
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers and Cubs will open the National League Championship Series on Saturday (8 p.m. ET, FS1) at Wrigley Field. Kenta Maeda faces Jon Lester.
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• NLCS: Maeda set to pitch Game 1 for Dodgers, with Kershaw probably on deck for Game 2
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Clayton Kershaw reached into his glove and rocked off the bullpen mound. His hand held merely air as he pantomimed his delivery at Wrigley Field. There was no ball...
  Share • October 14, 2016 at 7:35 PM
• Kenley Jansen's performance came at the right time for the Dodgerss
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Visually, they're as different as a water buffalo and a ballerina.Viscerally, Kenley Jansen on Thursday night became the closest thing baseball has to a descendant of...
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• Kenta Maeda looks to end run of short starts in Game 1
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  CHICAGO >> Kenta Maeda's last two starts have been his shortest of the season. Neither lasted longer than three innings.This is the opposite of "peaking at the right...
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• NLCS Scouting Report: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  DODGERS vs CUBSOFFENSEThe Cubs finished third in the majors in runs scored (808) and OPS (.772) and second in on-base percentage (.343) during the regular season...
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• NLCS Preview: Kenta Maeda gets the ball for underdog Dodgers in Game 1.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  CHICAGO - A fairly routine off-day practice at Wrigley Field injected a dash of news on the eve of the National League Championship Series. Kenta Maeda will start Game 1...
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• No time to bask in NLDS glory for Clayton Kershaw
  From the Web › ESPN
  No time to bask in NLDS glory for Clayton Kershaw
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• NLCS preview: Cubs vs. Dodgers will be baseball's heavyweight bout
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  You couldn't ask for more in a postseason series than this: Two of baseball's most storied franchises, two of the game's best pitchers, two of its best young stars, two...
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• Kershaw shifts focus to Game 2 start
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The day after Clayton Kershaw's dramatic, clinching save against the Nationals, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Kershaw was "tracking to start when we all think,"...
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• The Dodgers face a left-handed dilemma with the Chicago Cubs
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  The Chicago Cubs' Game 1 starter in the National League Championship Series will be left-hander Jon Lester. Their closer, potentially to be deployed in roles beyond that...
  Share • October 14, 2016 at 6:35 PM
• NLCS preview: How the Dodgers and Cubs match up
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Los Angeles Dodgers (NL West champions) vs. Chicago Cubs (NL Central champions) in the National League Championship Series. Here's how they match up: PROJECTED GAME 1...
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• Old bullpen rules tossed out this postseason
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The almighty save has roots right here alongside Wrigley Field's iconic ivy. The man who turned the ninth inning into the domain of millionaire "proven closers" was...
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• Dodgers look to keep 'grinding' against Cubs
  From the Web › MLB.com
  In this National League Championship Series (starting with Game 1 on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET/5 PT on FS1), the Los Angeles Dodgers have nothing to lose. Well, the one...
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• MLB playoffs 2016: Dodgers-Cubs NLCS TV schedule, players to watch, key stats
  From the Web › Sporting News
  The Cubs are four wins away from playing in their first World Series since 1945 and eight away from winning it all for the first time since 1908.
  Share • October 14, 2016 at 5:35 PM
• Jansen, Kershaw remain in mix for Dodgers
  From the Web › ESPN
  Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said on the eve of the NLCS that closer Kenley Jansen will be available in Game 1 for one inning of work while Clayton Kershaw's status...
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• Dodgers, Cubs boost NLDS over ALDS in TV ratings
  From the Web › ESPN
  Boosted by the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs, the NL Division Series outdrew its AL counterpart on television.
  Share • October 14, 2016 at 4:35 PM
• Cubs ready for fight with Dodgers in NLCS
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  About the time Travis Wood was dousing Chicago Cubs general manager Theo Epstein with champagne Tuesday night, Epstein was explaining the prevailing theory of roster...
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• Letters: Thrilled, exhausted Dodgers fans get no time to relax
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  They say that everything you need to know about making a film can be learned by watching "Citizen Kane." Well, everything you need to know about managing in the National...
  Share • October 14, 2016 at 3:35 PM
• Cubs, Indians, Dodgers, Jays aim to end decades-old droughts
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Wherever he goes these days, Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier runs into friends, neighbors and total strangers who want to talk. ''I can't tell you how many people from...
  Share • October 14, 2016 at 3:35 PM
• Kershaw's relief appearance brings back fond LA memories
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Clayton Kershaw entered Dodgers lore Thursday night, right alongside the last ace to lead the franchise to a World Series title. In 1988, Orel Hershiser came out of the...
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• Cubs, Dodgers get ready for Game 1 of NLCS
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Joe Maddon was driving his RV through Virginia two years ago when he got the news. Andrew Friedman was leaving Tampa Bay to take over the Los Angeles Dodgers. A month...
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• Boosted by Dodgers, Cubs, NLDS outdraws ALDS on TV
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  NEW YORK -- Boosted by the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs, the NL Division Series outdrew its AL counterpart on television.
  Share • October 14, 2016 at 3:35 PM
• Dodgers tab Maeda for Game 1 against Cubs
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Dodgers right-hander Kenta Maeda will start against the Cubs in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series at Wrigley Field on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on...
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• Dodgers' Kenta Maeda named NLCS Game 1 starter
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  It's official: Kenta Maeda will lead off Game 1 of the Dodgers-Cubs NLCS on Saturday evening. Beyond that, Dodgers' manager Dave Roberts was tight-lipped about the...
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• Cubs announce rotation for NLCS Games 1-4.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  CHICAGO - Cubs manager Joe Maddon announced his rotation for the National League Championship Series against the Dodgers. Game 1 (Saturday) - Jon Lester Game 2 (Sunday)...
  Share • October 14, 2016 at 2:37 PM
• For 3rd time in 5 years, Nats must move on from NLDS exit
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Jayson Werth knew this season's NL Division Series defeat following a division title felt different from the same scenarios that played out for the Washington Nationals...
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• Column: Dodgers-Nats shows baseball at its best - and worst
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  It was one of the most compelling postseason games in baseball history. Simply put, the Los Angeles Dodgers beating the Washington Nationals in the decisive contest of...
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• Vin Scully discusses retirement on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live': 'I went to the hardware store'
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Vin Scully has been keeping himself busy since retiring as the Dodgers' radio and TV announcer less than two weeks ago. In addition to watching the team's playoff games...
  Share • October 14, 2016 at 1:35 PM
• Cubs vs. Dodgers: Position-by-position NLCS look
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Cubs are just one step away from their first World Series appearance since 1945, but they still have to get past Clayton Kershaw, Corey Seager and the Dodgers to get...
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• Julio Urias, 20, made history of his own in an epic Dodgers victory
  From the Web › ESPN
  Julio Urias, 20, made history of his own in an epic Dodgers victory
  Share • October 14, 2016 at 12:35 PM
• Dodgers Dugout: Breaking down the Game 5 victory over the Nationals
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell, and I'm glad this wasn't a seven-game series. My heart couldn't take it. Breaking down...
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• Cubs are overwhelming favorites to win NLCS
  From the Web › ESPN
  The ZiPS projection system has done its share of playoff series odds, and you're not going to see a team favored much more than the Cubs are here. See the game-by-game...
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• Bodley: '16 Dodgers reminiscent of '88 champs
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The last time the Dodgers went to the World Series was in 1988, that unexpected, improbable five-game conquest of heavily favored Oakland.
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• NLCS umpires, Game 1 assignments announced.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Gary Cederstrom, a 23-year Major League Umpire, is the crew chief for the six-man National League Championship Series umpire crew, revealed Friday. The 2016 NLCS will be...
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• Vote: Who should the Dodgers start in Game 2 of the NLCS?
  From the Web › ESPN
  Kenta Maeda appears to be a lock to start Game 1 against the Cubs, but who should take the mound for the Dodgers in Game 2? Cast your vote in our poll.
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• Crucial matchups to watch in ALCS, NLCS: Can Cubs cool down Justin Turner?
  From the Web › ESPN
  Crucial matchups to watch in ALCS, NLCS: Can Cubs cool down Justin Turner?
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• MLB names LCS umpiring crews
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Major League Baseball has announced its umpiring assignments for the 2016 League Championship Series, which begin with the Indians vs. the Blue Jays in the American...
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• Dodgers - Nationals NLDS Game 5 Was the Longest 9-Inning Postseason Game Ever
  From the Web › The Big Lead
  Four hours. Thirty-two minutes.
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• Josh Reddick stripped down to an American flag speedo to celebrate Dodgers' win over Nationals
  From the Web › For The Win
  MVP of the celebration here.
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• Stats of the Day: Turner delivers in NLDS
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers -- highlighted by a four-run seventh inning, a seven-batter appearance by Julio Urias and seven pitches from Clayton Kershaw in the final inning -- defeated...
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• Big money Dodgers will embrace underdog role in NLCS
  From the Web › ESPN
  After a gueling NLDS win against Washington that taxed their pitching staff, the Dodgers head to Chicago to face destiny's darlings.
  Share • October 14, 2016 at 6:35 AM
• MLB playoffs 2016: Nationals exit with bitter taste after 'craziest' loss to Dodgers
  From the Web › Sporting News
  Washington is eliminated in a classic Game 5 that turned on a bad coaching decision but wasn't decided until after the best pitcher in baseball came on as a...
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• Cubs, Dodgers set for epic NLCS chess match
  From the Web › ESPN
  With the high-powered Cubs and artful Dodgers mixing up their lineups to counter each other, the NLCS could be a classic. But who wins it?
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• A capsule look at the Dodgers-Cubs playoff series
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  A look at the best-of-seven National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs:
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• Dave Roberts Trusted The Process Last Night. Until He Didn't.
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  But it showed just how healthy the process the Dodgers have in place truly is.
  Share • October 14, 2016 at 4:35 AM
• Add Kershaw to elite-ace rescue list
  From the Web › MLB.com
  With his late-game heroics in the Dodgers' 4-3 Game 5 NLDS-clincher, Clayton Kershaw put himself in elite company with other aces who turned in iconic relief...
  Share • October 14, 2016 at 3:35 AM
• LEADING OFF: Blue Jays-Indians open ALCS, Dodgers-Cubs set
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Jose Bautista and wild-card Toronto hit eight home runs in their three-game sweep of Texas in the AL Division Series. Kluber was magnificent in his postseason debut...
  Share • October 14, 2016 at 2:35 AM
• Five reasons Dodgers-Nats Game 5 was the best playoff game thus far
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  The 2016 Major League Baseball postseason is officially insane. One wild-card game ended on a walk-off home run by Edwin Encarnacion, the other featured a historic...
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• Newly retired Vin Scully has grade-school speaking gig
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Vin Scully is keeping busy in retirement, joking with Jimmy Kimmel that he's been to the hardware store since ending his 67-year Hall of Fame broadcasting career with...
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• Kershaw, Jansen team up for another save
  From the Web › MLB.com
  In an odd historic twist in Game 5 of the NLDS, Clayton Kershaw followed Kenley Jansen to the mound for the save against the Nationals. It was Jansen, a converted...
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• Ruiz delivers big hit, thrilled to help LA advance
  From the Web › MLB.com
  As his teammates partied around him, reveling in the Dodgers' 4-3 win over the Nationals, Carlos Ruiz remained stoic, professional, hardly cracking a smile. He flinched...
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• LA-CHC NLCS clash one of high expectations
  From the Web › MLB.com
  If the Cubs are going to get to the World Series, they're going to have to beat the Dodgers and their ironman pitcher, Clayton Kershaw.
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• Bring on the Cubs! Kershaw's save sends Dodgers to NLCS
  From the Web › ESPN
  Dodgers manager Dave Roberts started ace Clayton Kershaw in Game 4 instead of Game 5. No matter. In the end, Kershaw shut the door on the Nats anyway.
  Share • October 14, 2016 at 1:35 AM
• Anatomy of the Nats' seventh-inning nightmare
  From the Web › ESPN
  Thursday's seventh inning started with Max Scherzer giving up a homer to the Dodgers' Joc Pederson, and the Nationals' season spiralled from there.
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• Dodgers admire Nats' effort in hard-fought series
  From the Web › MLB.com
  After they advanced to face the Cubs in the National League Championship Series, many Dodgers players praised the Nationals for battling throughout the five-game NL...
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• Dodgers embrace underdog role entering NLCS
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Friendly Confines are beckoning. So is history. It's hard to argue that there could be a better venue for Game 1 than the oldest ballpark in the NL, ivy-adorned...
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• Statcast of the Day: Werth out on risky send
  From the Web › MLB.com
  With a green light from third-base coach Bob Henley, Jayson Werth ran into an easy out at home plate to end a sixth-inning Nationals rally Thursday during Game 5 of the...
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• Dodgers bring in Clayton Kershaw to kill ninth-inning closer role
  From the Web › Sporting News
  Clayton Kershaw was on the mound for the final out of the Dodgers-Nats NLDS . . . as a closer. It was a symbol of October baseball at its finest, and a possible glimpse...
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• Clayton Kershaw saved the Dodgers' season with his first Major League save
  From the Web › For The Win
  The Dodgers' ace relieved Kenley Jansen with two on and one out in the ninth.
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• Dodgers' Game 5 win is a magical scene right out of 1988
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  All summer long, as they stuck uniforms on dozens of anonymous players and ran them through endlessly changing lineups, they were engulfed by a persistent question. Who...
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• Dave Roberts rolls the dice with final nine outs to win Game 5
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Nationals Park was rumbling when Grant Dayton handed the ball to Kenley Jansen in the seventh inning Thursday night. Chris Heisey had just hit a...
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• NLDS Game 5: Dodgers pull out all the stops, advance to NLCS with 4-3 win.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  WASHINGTON, D.C. - What a rush. Clayton Kershaw‘s adrenaline got him through the final two outs, after Kenley Jansen recorded the seven before that, after Julio...
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• Inside the at-bats that decided an epic game
  From the Web › ESPN
  Game 5 of the NLDS boils down to this: Justin Turner vs. Max Scherzer, Anthony Rendon vs. Kenley Jansen and Daniel Murphy vs. Clayton Kershaw.
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• What we learned: Dodgers win as Clayton Kershaw comes to the rescue
  From the Web › ESPN
  What we learned: Dodgers win as Clayton Kershaw comes to the rescue
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• DYK? Key facts from Nats-Dodgers Game 5
  From the Web › MLB.com
  In a dramatic Game 5 that lived up to the winner-take-all stakes, the Dodgers pulled off a 4-3 win over the Nationals on Thursday night in Washington, claiming victory...
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• Unconventional Roberts makes the right calls
  From the Web › MLB.com
  First-year Dodgers manager Doc Roberts bucked conventional thought in Game 5 of the NLDS, going with closer Kenley Jansen in the seventh inning and then using Clayton...
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• Dodgers Advance Thanks to Kershaw Save
  From the Web › CineSport
  Clayton Kershaw picked up his first career save as the Dodgers beat the Nationals in Game 5 of the NLDS, 4-3. Kershaw, who threw 110 pitches on Tuesday, retired the only...
  Share • October 13, 2016 at 11:35 PM
• NLCS: A first look on how both Cubs and Dodgers got there
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  How they got there Dodgers: Won NL West with record of 91-71; defeated Washington, 3-2, in division series. Chicago Cubs: Won NL Central with record of 103-58; defeated...
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• Andre Ethier seeking an elusive title, and Dodgers give him another chance
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  No Dodgers player has a closer connection with the frustration felt by Dodgers fans than Andre Ethier, who has been with the team since 2006 and endured five failed...
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• Carlos Ruiz again delivers for Dodgers with go-ahead RBI in Game 5
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Entire baseball games have been played to nine-inning conclusions faster than the forever-to-be-storied seventh inning of Game 5 of the National League division series...
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• Dave Roberts makes the right moves in Dodgers' Game 5 win over Nationals
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Most of the conversations about the Dodgers last winter centered on the moves they didn't make. In retrospect, they did something monumental. They did something that...
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• Kershaw closes out Nationals as Dodgers rally to advance
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  (The Sports Xchange) - Clayton Kershaw recorded the final two outs in the bottom of the ninth as the Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to the National League Championship...
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• Dodgers down Nationals in wild series finale (AFP)
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Washington (AFP) - The Los Angeles Dodgers out-lasted the Washington Nationals 4-3 to win their Major League Baseball playoff series and will face the Chicago Cubs for a...
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• Josh Reddick celebrates NLDS win by wearing American flag Speedo
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  The 2016 Major League Baseball postseason has featured some tremendous games. Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Josh Reddick changed all that after Thursday's 4-3 win over...
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• Oct. 13 Dave Roberts postgame interview
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Manager Dave Roberts addresses the media after the Dodgers' 4-3 win over the Nationals on Thursday in Game 5 of the NL Division Series.
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