For the past decade, the Los Angeles Dodgers have been among baseball’s most dominant regular season teams. They’ve reached the postseason every year since 2013, won 100 games five times and have basically owned the NL West.
Yet, aside from the shortened 2020 season played at a neutral site, the Dodgers’ regular-season success has not carried over into World Series titles. And you know what — co-owner Magic Johnson might have cracked the code!
Following Wednesday’s Game 3 loss and series sweep at the hands of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Magic took to Twitter/X and shared his thoughts on the series. Apparently, just a couple things went wrong for the Dodgers.
We’re all disappointed that our Dodgers didn’t hit or pitch well. That’s why we lost the Series to the Diamondbacks!
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) October 12, 2023
According to Magic, the Dodgers lost their series to the D-backs because they didn’t pitch or hit well. Hey, he’s not wrong. Dodgers pitchers posted a 6.58 ERA over the three games, and Clayton Kershaw couldn’t even record two outs in the Game 1 blowout. Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman went a combined 1 for 22 in the series, and the Dodgers only managed one home run over the three games. That’s not a way to win a series.
So, it really was that simple: The Dodgers couldn’t hit AND they couldn’t pitch.
That didn’t stop fans from making jokes about the simplistic explanation from Magic, though.