The symbolic stakes might be just as high as the immediate ones.
Giants has been followed by a series-tying statement from the Dodgers, leading us to Thursday’s all-or-nothing Game 5.
The immediate stakes of the contest are clear. A win for L.A. would propel it into a rematch of last year’s NLCS with the Atlanta Braves, which the Dodgers won en route to 2020’s championship. A win for San Francisco would put it on the brink of returning to the World Series, bringing one of the game’sThe symbolic stakes might be just as high. Giants-versus-Dodgers is one of the sport’s, with 2,539 matchups spanning over 130 years of history. And this season’s battle felt especially personal.
And the big-picture stakes for the postseason as a whole could hardly be higher. Before and after each game of the series, either the Dodgers or Giants have been World Series favoritesThe Giants and Dodgers traded wins — and title odds Odds of the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers winning the NLDS and World Series at each phase of the divisional series
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