"But even at their most inexorable, the idea that the Dodgers had somehow permanently or even temporarily solved baseball was never really very convincing. The game doesn't work like that, and the shape and scale of the postseason makes it even more chaotic. The roundnesses of the bat and ball just don't fit together cleanly enough to create a sufficiently sheer surface, and haven't since the sport was dragged out of its feudal era. More than that, the game just has too much wildness in it to be brought to heel."
"What sets the Dodgers apart isn't that they are better at all that than other MLB teams, so much as it is that they do more. They are richer, but also they are trying harder-scouting and evaluating more effectively, coaching more comprehensively, being where other clubs aren't, and then also spending in ways that other teams can't or just don't. They are not always right, their prospects and reclamation projects bust just like every other team's do, but they know enough to have a chance, and are determined enough to try. That these industry-leading practices have resulted in industry-leading big-league teams isn"
The Dodgers won consecutive World Series titles without outcomes being inevitable. Baseball contains inherent randomness and the postseason's structure amplifies chaos, preventing any team from permanently 'solving' the sport. Concerns centered on whether wealth and expertise could erase baseball's unpredictability and reduce its entertainment value. The Dodgers differentiate themselves by doing more: leveraging greater resources, expanded scouting and evaluation, comprehensive coaching, occupying markets others overlook, and spending in ways other teams cannot. Their methods produce more opportunities but still result in failures; prospects and reclamation projects often bust, yet the Dodgers' approach increases their chances of success.
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