NEW YORK — From lifeless Yankees at-bats to more suffocating dominance from the Dodgers rotation and Freddie Freeman, Los Angeles has cruised to a 3-0 World Series lead.
The Dodgers have backed the Yankees into the tightest and narrowest of uncomfortable corners, and are only 27 outs away from sweeping the American League’s top team to win a championship.
Here are our top four takeaways from the Dodgers’ 4-2 win over the Yankees in Game 3 on Monday night in the Bronx.
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1. Is it too early to name the MVP?
He’s at it again.
Freddie Freeman, the hobbled first baseman who conjured memories of Kirk Gibson when he ended Game 1 in heroic fashion with a walk-off grand slam, then helped ensure the Dodgers took Game 2 with a solo shot, immediately took the life out of a crowd of 49,368 fans who were buzzing before the Yankees’ first home…
