Dodgers: For the First Time Since 2015, the World Series Will Not Go Through LA
A weird streak has come to an end.
The Dodgers won the World Series in 2020. In the five years surrounding that, the team that eliminated them from the postseason won the World Series. So for six straight years — from 2016 through 2021 — the last team standing was either the Dodgers or a team that beat the Dodgers to get there.
The Padres are the first team since 2015 to eliminate the Dodgers from the postseason and not win the World Series:
2021: Braves in NLCS
2020: Dodgers won
2019: Nationals in NLDS
2018: Red Sox in WS
2017: Astros in WS
2016: Cubs in NLCSA weird streak finally comes to an end.
— Noah Camras (@noahcamras) October 23, 2022
In 2016, the Dodgers lost the NLCS to the Cubs, who went on to break their 108-year drought and win the World Series. In 2017 and 2018, L.A. lost the World Series, and we don’t want to talk about it. In 2019, the Nationals beat the Dodgers in the NLDS and went on to defeat the Cardinals in the NLCS and the Astros in the World Series. And in 2021, the Braves defeated Los Angeles in the NLCS before also beating the Astros in the World Series.
That streak ended on Sunday, when the team that eliminated the Dodgers — those plucky, upstart Padres — lost in five games to the Phillies in the NLCS.
The Dodgers’ streak of six straight seasons is actually the second-longest in MLB history.
The six-year streak of the World Series winner either being the Dodgers or the team that eliminated the Dodgers is the second-longest in MLB history.
The 1998-2004 Yankees won three WS, lost two, and lost to the eventual champs in the 2002 ALDS (Angels) and 2004 ALCS (Red Sox). https://t.co/1DA1wxu6R4
— Jeff J. Snider (@snidog) October 24, 2022
The Braves have the longest postseason appearance streak, making the playoffs in 14 straight years in which the playoffs were held from 1991-2005, but their longest “World Series goes through us!” streak was just three years — they won the World Series in 1995, lost it in 1996, and lost to the eventual-champion Marlins in 1997.
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