"With the Nats, it's like we were going to have to grind our way all the way to the top. And then you get to come over the Dodgers and you're the favorites, World Series champs. You've got probably the best roster ever assembled, with amazing stars up and down the lineup, and then they're like, 'Oh yeah, we want Alex Call on our team.'"
"I've been taking it more day by day, so it hasn't kind of struck me as much as people think it would. Definitely when this is done I'm really going to reflect and kind of realize how crazy it has been to kind of be on this team and be where we are now."
"It's really cool. I'm just soaking it all in."
Alex Call and Ben Rortvedt had not previously appeared in a playoff game before this season. Neither played in the first two World Series games, yet both became important depth pieces after July trades to Los Angeles. Call, 31, was acquired from the Washington Nationals and appeared in one game in each of the Dodgers' first three playoff series, going 3 for 4 with two walks, a hit-by-pitch and a run scored. Rortvedt, 28, was acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays, spent most of the summer in Triple-A, was called up after Will Smith's injury and started the first four postseason games, hitting .429. Both described the experience as surreal and are taking it day by day.
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