Alexander: A sobering World Series opener for Dodgers

TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider made the observation Friday afternoon, before his first World Series game as a manager, that he and his coaches weren’t treating this as a best-of-seven.

“To me and the coaches kind of every game is a – there’s seven one-game series, basically, is how we’re looking at it,” he said. “So every night is going to be a different way to go about it. I think that we have the roster and personnel flexibility to do that differently every night.”

And maybe that’s how Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and his coaches should be looking at it now. After dominating the first three rounds of baseball’s postseason, the Dodgers are now faced with a moving target.

Things got ugly quickly Friday night, with an abomination of a sixth inning – highlighted (or, d