Plaschke: The Dodgers and their fans are geared up for a three-peat. Why the quest will fall short
What could possibly stand in the way of the Dodgers becoming just the third franchise to win three World Series in a row? Plenty, it turns out.
The Dodgers celebrate with the World Series trophy after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 7 at the Rogers Centre to secure their second consecutive championship. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) The truth of this Dodgers season was recently found in a place where all sports truths are clipped and tapered and styled into reality. The barbershop.
Of course, the barbershop, where ball talk is real talk, and where the expectations around the Dodgers upcoming quest for a three-peat recently smothered me like a hot towel to the head. I was sitting in the chair in mid-shave when a bald gentleman barged into the shop searching not for a cut, but a promise. “Say it!
” he shouted to me from just inside the door. “Say what everybody around here believes! ” What, that LeBron James is not a real Laker?
“No, say it about the Dodgers! ” said the man, and he was serious. “Say that they have the best team in history and they’re going to win another championship!
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