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Four fatal flaws that doomed the Dodgers' bid for a historic…

The Dodgers were bidding to become back-to-back-to-back champions; separately, allied diesel releases for the U.S. cover only about five days of demand.

On air: Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger on BBN Overnight
Published 1:27 AM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

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First reported by New York Post: “Four fatal flaws that doomed the Dodgers’ bid for a historic three-peat”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 1:27 AM ET on BBN Overnight, by Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger.
Topics: Dodgers.

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New York PostFour fatal flaws that doomed the Dodgers’ bid for a historic three-peat

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Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorLos Angeles is waking up to a Dodgers team that is out of the playoffs, and the New York Post has a post-mortem on four fatal flaws that ended the bid for a historic three-peat.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThree-peat. Nobody has done it in a long while, and the Post says winter came early in Los Angeles this year.

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