The Los Angeles Dodgers failed to reach the World Series for the third consecutive season, getting swept by the unrelenting Milwaukee Brewers superteam.For most Dodgers fans, it was disappointing, sure, but the success of the previous two years, the big postseason moments from superstar players, and the parades through Los Angeles dampened the blow relative to other seasons.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.
If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.But local sports media have spent the past week searching for the explanation for LA's "failure." The actual reason the Dodgers lost, that the postseason in baseball is little more than a coin flip and small sample sizes flatten out any talent advantage, is boring and uninteresting.
For example, in game four, the Brewers' expected batting average was .237, while LA's was .296.Milwaukee scored six runs, though the Dodgers scored just four – which is how we get to this week's article from Bill Plaschke at the Los Angeles Times.Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani waves near the mound during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Los Angeles.
(AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)BREWERS OFFICIALLY END DODGERS DYNASTY WITH RIDICULOUS 6-4 COMEBACK IN GAME FOUR TO COMPLETE NLCS SWEEPHis postmortem of the Dodgers' season places much of the blame on, uh, Shohei Ohtani.There's a kernel of truth to it; Ohtani was clearly limited by several injuries down the stretch, with a lengthy slump accompanying an increase in chase rate and swing and miss.There's no way to tell how those injuries happened.
Yes, Ohtani had returned to pitching full time in 2026, but LA's famously careful with Ohtani on the mound, and there's no indication that it was directly responsible for him getting hurt.But the whole team struggled offensively in October, with a...