It wasn't pretty, but the Dodgers made the playoffs. There's just one more thing to take care of before the season ends

It wasn’t pretty, and yet it was beautiful, the Dodgers’ painstaking summer journey winding into a champagne-soaked mob of blue amid a stadium of Giants.

It wasn’t as they planned, but it is exactly what they wanted, a chance at October redemption earned during a cool autumn dance on the backs...