Dodgers' Bid for Historic Three-Peat Doomed by Four Flaws

• The Dodgers finished the regular season with a 100-win record and a league-record $432 million payroll.
• The team was unable to achieve a historic three-peat World Series title.
• The Dodgers' bid for a third consecutive championship ended without a return trip to the Fall Classic.
• The team's failure to secure the title was attributed to four critical flaws.
• The season marked the end of the Dodgers' modern-day dynasty hopes for the year.