![]() ![]() well, manager Dave Roberts said he's not sure, which is probably not true, because the moment Game 6 ended the Dodgers knew exactly what they had at their disposal. Tom Pennington/Getty ImagesĮven still, the playoffs - and these playoffs in particular, with no days off - demand more than the Dodgers have to walk into Game 7 self-assured. The Dodgers are everybody's worst nightmare: smart, talented, rich, patient, hungry. They balance the primal desire to chase championships with the necessary discipline to build sustainability. They draft and develop players better than any organization. The Dodgers are here, and will remain in this stratum, for myriad reasons. Whichever team represents the NL, this will be a matchup of master organization-building, of premium player development - a showdown between teams operating in ways that draw envy from around the game. This one will determine the World Series opponent of the Tampa Bay Rays, who evaded a historic collapse in the American League Championship Series and vanquished the Houston Astros in their Game 7 on Saturday night. Game 7s are rare gifts to savor, and the fact that baseball is offering its minions two of them in a two-day span should make even the most opener-fearing, strikeout-loathing, analytics-hating buzzkill giddy. Whether that translates into a Game 7 to remember is impossible to predict. 'Nobody said it was gonna be easy': How the Dodgers earned an NLCS Game 7.In each one, though, were glimpses of what makes these teams so good and why return engagements, however difficult they may be, should be expected. ![]() The Dodgers' 3-1 victory over the Braves on Saturday at Globe Life Field to even the series was the closest thing this NLCS has offered to a tight game. This much has been apparent in the National League Championship Series, which hasn't necessarily been a series for the history books. It may not be next year, or the year after, or even the year after that, which illustrates simultaneously the variance of baseball and the excellence inherent in both teams, who are stacked enough to glance three years down the road and still peacock about their chances of success. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves, who will play a winner-take-all Game 7 on Sunday for the privilege of moving on to the World Series, are bound to be here again. ![]()
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