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Red Sox silence the Dodgers' offense to claim the World Series championship

LOS ANGELES - The bell tolled for the 2018 Dodgers at 8:17 p.m. on Sunday, as Manny Machado made the final, futile swing of the season in Game 5 of the World Series, a 5-1 defeat by the Boston Red Sox that lacked the drama and turmoil of the previous night. The anti-climax still stung. Despite looking feeble for the majority of the Fall Classic, the team finished three victories shy of the championship, which has eluded Los Angeles since 1988.

The drought reached its 30th year in dispiriting fashion. The Dodgers spent a summer with their flaws hiding in

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