The Dodgers' 'Magical' Rise From The Cellar | NPR
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the hottest team in baseball. They've won 40 of their last 48 games, and Wednesday night, they came from behind in dramatic fashion to beat the New York Mets in 12 innings.
It's a remarkable turnaround for a team that was near the cellar before the All-Star break. Now, they're calling Dodgers Stadium the Magic Castle. Attendance is up, TV ratings are up, star power is up. And the on-field play is "magical," according to legendary announcer Vin Scully.
Since the break, the Dodgers are 23 and 3. And they've lost only one game in month of August. For those who don't follow baseball, that's hot. Really hot. To put it in perspective, the last team that was this hot was the 1942 St. Louis Cardinals.
"You know, that kind of streak just doesn't happen in baseball. There's so many days when things just ... things go the wrong way," says Peter Gammons, a Hall of Fame baseball columnist who covers the sport on his website, .
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more like satanic. 
Remember "Damn Yankees?" Now it's "Damn Giants".