Los Angeles City Council has asked Major League Baseball to award the Dodgers the 2017 and 2018 World Series titles in the wake of the sign-stealing scandal currently rocking the sport.
"We are very pleased that the City Council joined us and voted unanimously to pass our resolution. They agreed that this is a matter of equity and justice," Cedillo, who represents the neighborhood that includes Dodger Stadium, said in a statement.
"Who was the best team in 2017? Who was the best team in 2018? It was the Dodgers. They got beat by teams that were cheating. We know that the Astros cheated, and they were advantaged by it." Koretz, who represents neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley and Westside, admits that even if MLB made the extraordinary move of stripping the Astros and Red Sox, it'd still leave Dodgers fans with an empty feeling.
"No, there wouldn’t be a parade for the Dodgers," he said."We don’t know whether they would have won or lost a fair fight. But we know they were cheated out of a real shot at a championship."While stripped titles are not an uncommon in college sports or the Olympics, it's virtually unheard of in professional sports. The 1919 Cincinnati Reds are still the world champions and theDavid K.
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