The Dodgers Were Almost History. Now They're Making History

Your daily dose of postseason baseball—plus some other fun stuff!

Here you go, the second post of our Monday tripleheader—we’re talking Dodgers shutout innings, Dave Roberts’ managerial slyness (which, ahem, I called!), the underratedness of José Ramirez, the eyes on Aaron Judge, baseball’s good fortune, the best-supporting actor in recent commercial history and scoring touchdowns when you get the chance.

And we’re bringing back our special October offer for one more day:

The Dodgers’ Ridiculous Shutout Streak

First things first: I’m not a fan of comparing “postseason” achievements with “World Series achievements.” It bugs me. The other day, Mike Schur sent along a note showing that Kiké Hernandez, with 14 home runs, now has just one fewer postseason home run than Babe Ruth.

And while I do appreciate any statistic that puts Kiké Hernandez in the same sentence as Babe Ruth… I mean, come on.

World Series home runs

• Babe Ruth, 15

• Kiké Hernandez, 1

Fun! But it’s not the same thing.

In this way, it is fun to compare the Dodgers’ 33-inning postseason scoreless streak and three consecutive postseason shutouts with the 1966 Orioles and the 1905 Giants. But, of course, those were World Series streaks. This is an NLDS/NLCS streak, which, you know.

Even more to the point, the streaks have absolutely nothing to do with each other.