Dodgers and Red Sox reassert themselves as serious contenders

Hard as it is to believe, two of the game's most historic franchises -- two teams that reached the playoffs a year ago, play in two of the biggest markets in baseball and were cruising along earlier in the season -- have been mostly forgotten about this summer. But after an impressive showing this week, both the Dodgers and the Red Sox have reasserted themselves as serious postseason threats. The Dodgers have maintained some nice breathing room in the NL West thanks to their nightly theatrics in Hollywood, while the Red Sox have blown the AL wild-card race wide open with a perfect week that offered yet another playoff mainstay and big-market team an advanced screening of what must look very much like a rerun.

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