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Bill Plaschke: Desperate Dodgers needs change of scenery — and of strategy

BOSTON - To all those anxiously awaiting the Los Angeles Dodgers' glorious return from New England this weekend to host the World Series at Chavez Ravine, a word of warning.

Squint hard. You may not recognize them.

Their powerful bats are the consistency of chowder. Their vaunted starting pitching is draped in an early frost. And so far, their strategy hasn't been worth beans.

That was some week in Boston, huh? It began with a Fenway Park chant of "Beat L.A." and ended with the same chant, only louder, because that's exactly what the Red Sox are doing, only worse.

For a second consecutive night, amid cold weather

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