Dodgers vs. Nationals is potential playoff preview missing parts

WASHINGTON, D.C – If this is a preview, it is a movie trailer lacking some of the stars.
It is presumptuous to think the Dodgers and Washington Nationals will meet in the playoffs. If things stay as they are, the Dodgers would have to pass a first-round challenge from the wild-card winner (which could be the Arizona Diamondbacks, who won the final six games head-to-head with the Dodgers) and the Nationals would have to knock out the defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs to set up a