The Los Angeles Dodgers have been a dominant team in the postseason. They are four wins away from winning their second consecutive World Series and they are heavy favorites to do so. They have multiple superstars in Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman, and their pitching staff is functioning on all cylinders in the playoffs. Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto are pitching extremely well in the most important games of the season.
In addition to the talent level that gives them an edge in this series, they also have the motivation to win out of respect for their retiring teammate Clayton Kershaw . The Dodgers lefthander has had a brilliant career and he will be hanging up his spikes after the World Series.
Kershaw's teammates love and respect their teammate. While he has

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