Entering this week, the Dodgers seemed to be rolling toward the postseason.
They had won 14 of 17 games. They had clinched the National League West division crown. They separated themselves for a top-two NL seed. And they had finally gotten the entirety of their roster –– from a previously slumping offense to a once-scuffling bullpen to a star-studded rotation –– synced up and playing well at the same time.
There was, of course, one caveat to all that success.
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