PHOENIX — It is never too early for hyperbole.
No major league team has won more than 116 games. The Dodgers had yet to play an exhibition game last spring when former Times columnist Dylan Hernández declared they could win 120.
Not to be outdone, the Dodgers were one week into the season when Bill Plaschke posted a column with this headline: “Who says the Dodgers can’t go 162-0?”
The Dodgers won 93 games. They also won the World Series, becoming the first back-to-back champions in 25 years.