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Dodgers dropping back to pack

By Buster Olney

Sunday, August 9, 2009

I hated the Cincinnati Reds as a kid, because they were the Big Red Machine that seemed to zoom past my own favorite team, the Dodgers, giving me little hope for contention. Oh, sure, L.A. went to the World Series in 1974, when I was 10 years old, but Oakland crushed the Dodgers; I can remember Bill Buckner getting thrown out at third base trying to stretch a double, snuffing out the last ember of my summerlong optimism. The Reds resumed their dominance in 1975, winning 108 games and losing 54, ...

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