Getty Images/Ringer Illustration Even the wounded, shorthanded version of this team was great enough to win the 2024 World Series—and to secure the Dodgers' legacy as a modern-day dynasty We could tell two contrasting stories about the 2024 Los Angeles Dodgers, who won the World Series with a wild Game 5 comeback against the Yankees on Wednesday night in New York. Let's try each tale on for size. Version 1: The Dodgers splurged on stars, committing more than $1.5 billion over the past few years to extend trade acquisition Mookie Betts and sign free agents Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the franchise's quest to construct a superteam. All went according to plan. The 2024 Dodgers were the best team in baseball during the regular season, and key contributions from that costly quartet propelled them to a title. Ohtani was the National League's most valuable player, Betts led the Dodgers in October OPS, Yamamoto delivered their best start of the World Series and two of their four strongest of the postseason, and Freeman won World Series MVP. Version 2: The Dodgers splurged on stars in their quest to construct a superteam. Little went according to plan. The...