The Los Angeles Dodgers lost to the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday in Game 5 of the World Series. The Dodgers, who are hoping to become MLB's first repeat champion since the New York Yankees won the 1998-2000 Fall Classics, are now down 3-2 in the best-of-seven series and without any margin for error. The Blue Jays, conversely, are another victory from claiming their first championship since 1993.

The odds are not in the Dodgers' favor, empirically or theoretically. Roughly 70% of MLB teams to trail a best-of-seven set by a 3-2 margin have then lost the series. That only makes sense when you do the math yourself. Affording the Dodgers a 55% chance to win each game -- and that's generous -- would give them a 30% chance at winning both. Drop those odds to a coin flip, and they're

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