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How did Dodgers go from possibly best of all time to, right now, worst team in majors?

SAN FRANCISCO - The first loss felt innocuous. On Aug. 26, a crisp, clear evening out at Chavez Ravine, there was no way Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts could have foreseen the avalanche awaiting his team.

After getting shut out by the Milwaukee Brewers, Roberts wore a smile as he pulled up a chair at his postgame news conference.

"You're going to have those nights," he said. "We've got a good club."

At that moment, the start of one of the worst stretches in franchise history, Roberts and the Dodgers stood atop the baseball world. The team had already won 91 games - the same number it won in all of 2016 - with a month remaining in the season. Their lead in the National League West was 20 games, and the primary concern was keeping the

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