"The Dodgers are not going to lose another game this October. Write it down, bet it up, no major league baseball team has ever played this well in the postseason, ever, ever, ever. With their 3-1 victory over the Brewers Thursday in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series, the Dodgers take a three-games-to-none lead with a sweep likely in the next 24 hours and coronation coming in the next two weeks."
"How is anybody going to beat them? Match their aces-flush rotation? Nope. Equal their hot closer and revived bullpen? Sorry. Better than their deep lineup? Nobody is even close. The Dodgers are more than halfway to finishing the most dominant postseason in baseball history, it's all there in the numbers. The only team to go undefeated through the playoffs since the divisional era began was the 1976 Cincinnati Reds. But the Big Machine only had to win seven games."
The Los Angeles Dodgers dominated the National League Championship Series with a 3-1 victory over the Brewers in Game 3, taking a three-games-to-none lead. A sweep in the next 24 hours was deemed likely and a World Series coronation forecast within two weeks. The roster featured an aces-filled rotation, a hot closer, a revived bullpen, and a deep lineup that overwhelmed opponents. If the Dodgers finish the postseason without another loss they will complete a 13-1 playoff run because they entered via the wild-card series. Historical comparisons included the undefeated 1976 Cincinnati Reds (seven wins) and 11-1 runs by the 2005 White Sox and 1999 Yankees. The previous comparable dominance in the city was the 2001 Lakers' 15-1 postseason.
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