A Dodgers-less World Series would hurt now, but help MLB later | Bobby Burack

For the first time this season, the Los Angeles Dodgers are not the betting favorites to win the World Series.

The Milwaukee Brewers, who lead the Dodgers 2-0 in the NLCS, are the betting favorites to win the World Series.

Despite the funeral arrangements demoralized Dodgers are making, Los Angeles isn't eliminated yet.

The Blue Jays overcame a 2-0 deficit in the ALCS to defeat the Mariners just last season.

Fifteen other teams have done the same.

Those aren't great odds, but as Dodgers fans kept reminding everyone while assembling their superteam, baseball is inherently random.

Teams get hot.

Players go cold.

Great lineups disappear for a week.

Struggling pitchers suddenly look formidable.

We are not writing off this Dodgers team until someone actually eliminates it.

Even so, the prospect of a Dodgers-less World Series feels real for the first time in a while.

DODGERS DYNASTY ON THE BRINK AFTER THE MILWAUKEE BABIP MACHINE DIALS UP ANOTHER WIN FOR BREWERS That said, the prospect of a Dodgers-less World Series feels real for the first time in a while.

In the short term, a Brewers-Rays/Guardians World Series would hardly be MLB's dream matchup.