On Baseball: As Dodgers Zero In On Playoffs, A $300 Million Payroll Is Out Of Mind

TYLER KEPNER, New York Times: Baseball
Thu, 09/03/2015 - 8:45am

To focus on the Dodgers’ spending is to miss the beauty of their pursuit of the playoffs, personified by Clayton Kershaw’s virtuoso performance on Wednesday.

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