LOS ANGELES -- There's little question that the Dodgers are playing their best baseball of the season right now.
They've won nine of their first 10 games this postseason. They wasted no time dispatching the Reds in the NL Wild Card Series, then went into Philadelphia and took the first two games from the Phillies before returning home to finish off the NLDS in four games.
The reigning champs then punched their ticket back to the World Series by completing a resounding NLCS sweep of the Brewers with perhaps the greatest performance -- by perhaps the greatest player -- in MLB history.
But now, they have to wait.
After clinching their second straight NL pennant on Friday night, the Dodgers will have six days off before they take the field for Game 1 of the World Series.
They'll also