The Giants Killed the Dodgers. It Just Took Them a Week to Die.

Los Angeles overcame myriad injuries to push the Braves to Game 6 of the NLCS. But in the end they couldn't overcome losing Max Scherzer to a dead arm after he closed out the NLDS.

Walker Buehler reacts to giving up a season-ending three-run homer to Eddie Rosario. Pitching on short rest for the second time in two weeks, Buehler was a shadow of his normal self. (Michael Zarrilli/Getty Images)

I did something new after the Dodgers got eliminated from the playoffs: I took a day to think about what went wrong before I wrote a word. Th…