LOS ANGELES — Eleven days before winning the National League pennant, the Los Angeles Dodgers huddled inside the visitor’s clubhouse at San Diego’s Petco Park, two hours away from Game 4 of the National League Division Series, one defeat away from another October ending without a parade, another year deemed a failure.
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The season had been long and trying, distorted by expectations and marred by injuries. Yet the Dodgers did not want it to end. They got to talking. Several players spoke up, their words turning into a chorus: Stop playing as if weighted by the pressure. Loosen up. No one, decided this group of well-compensated, highly decorated, preposterously talented
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