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Ranking the Dodgers’ Nine World Series-Winning Teams

Now that Los Angeles has added to its trophy collection, let’s see how this year’s Dodgers stack up to the franchise’s other champions.

Sports Illustrated

The Unprecedented Surge in Stolen Bases Has One Historical Parallel

MLB is on a record pace for year-over-year increase in stolen bases, but the sport did have one period when a similar jump occurred for a very different reason.

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | The English Premier League Could Come Down to This

Arsenal and Manchester City are neck-and-neck with a month to go.

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Baseball quiz: Gone but not forgotten

This week’s quiz pays tribute to those we lost last year in baseball.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bill Plaschke: Maury Wills stole Dodger fans' hearts. Changed the game. Not enough for Hall of Fame.

LOS ANGELES — He stole bases. He stole championships. He stole a city's heart.

Los Angeles Times

Maury Wills, legendary base stealer for Dodgers, dies at 89

LOS ANGELES — Maury Wills, who worked hard to achieve stardom with the Los Angeles Dodgers, then worked just as hard to regain dignity and standing within baseball through sobriety, has died, the team announced Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times

Dodgers Great Maury Wills, Former NL MVP, Dies at 89

He spent 12 of his 14 big-league seasons with Los Angeles, and was a member of three World Series championship teams.

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Maury Wills, Dodgers’ base-stealing shortstop, dies at 89

Wills played on World Series title teams in 1959, ‘63 and ‘65 during his first eight seasons with the Dodgers. He also played for Pittsburgh and Montreal before returning to the Dodgers from 1969-72, when he retired.

Chicago Sun-Times

Theft on the rise: How the Dodgers became baseball's improbable men of steal

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers' preferred method of offense is to bludgeon opponents with a loaded lineup of power hitters proficient at working counts, hunting mistakes and giving themselves self-congratulatory taps on their helmets as they circle the bases.

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