You couldn’t make up a better “David vs. Goliath” postseason matchup than the one we have in the National League Championship Series.

Per Spotrac, the Dodgers had the highest luxury-tax payroll in MLB this year, $288,226,661. They’ve got star power from Shohei Ohtani to Freddie Freeman to Clayton Kershaw.

Meanwhile, the Brewers’ luxury-tax payroll this year was $60,086,666 — less than a quarter of the Dodgers’ payroll and ranking 24th overall. They’ve got young players like Sal Frelick, Caleb Durbin, Jackson Chourio and Brice Turang leading the way. As Cubs fans who saw the teams play each other 18 times this year, we’re familiar with those players, but outside Chicago and Milwaukee, many baseball fans are saying, “Who?”

ESPN’s Jeff Passan recently wrote this long article in which he ma

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