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A contrarian case for cheering the Dodgers

Original: Cheering for the Dodgers; or, it became necessary to destroy baseball, in order to save it.

A baseball writer has argued that rooting for the Los Angeles Dodgers may be the only way to save baseball, riffing on the famous Vietnam-era line that it became necessary to destroy a village in order to save it. The piece suggests the Dodgers' big-spending dominance is forcing the sport to confront its competitive-balance problems, even if it breaks the game's traditions along the way.

Why now: Frustration and debate over the Dodgers' spending power and dominance of Major League Baseball

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