TORONTO -- The bases were loaded with none out, Game 1 of the World Series was still tied, and a sold-out Rogers Centre crowd was going berserk when Emmet Sheehan came out of the bullpen in Friday's sixth inning.

Sheehan is a 25-year-old with less than 150 career innings in the major leagues. Before that moment, he had checked into the middle of an inning only once before, while following an opener on Sept. 15. What followed -- a nine-run barrage that propelled the Toronto Blue Jays to an 11-4 rout in their first World Series game in 32 years -- highlighted a glaring weakness the Los Angeles Dodgers carry into this final round:

If their starters don't pitch deep into games, they're in trouble.

"Just a tough game," Dodgers ace Blake Snell said after recording just 15 outs, "but a

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