Dodgers’ journey to first World Series title in 32 years

ARLINGTON, Texas — Thirty-two years is a long time.
Long enough for Dodgers fans to wonder if this day might never come. And it nearly didn’t.
From Oct. 20, 1988 when Orel Hershiser threw the last pitch of the Dodgers’ five-game World Series victory over the Oakland A’s until Tuesday night, when Julio Urias did the same against the Tampa Bay Rays – a franchise that didn’t even exist in 1988 – the Dodgers and their fans went into the winter year after yea