Despite tying a franchise record with 106 wins last season, the Los Angeles Dodgers had their streak of National League West titles snapped at eight because the San Francisco Giants put together a historically great year.
After defeating the St. Louis Cardinals in walk-off fashion in the Wild Card Game, the Dodgers and Giants were set for an NL Division Series showdown. It went five games, with the Dodgers emerging victorious in dramatic fashion at Oracle Park.
Their Game 5 win has been nominated for the Top Sports Moment at the 2021 L.A. Sports Awards. Voting runs through Tuesday, March 8, when the Sports Awards will be broadcast on SportsNet LA, Spectrum News 1 and Spectrum SportsNet.
Additional awards that will be selected are Sportsman of the Year, Sportswoman of the Year, Coach of the Year, Executive of the Year, Mayor’s Community Athlete of the Year and Greatest Moment of the Year.
Recent Dodgers winners at the L.A. Sports Awards include Mookie Betts being voted one of the Sportspersons of the Year and manager Dave Roberts earning Coach of the Year in 2020. The year prior, Cody Bellinger was voted one of the 2019 Sportspersons of the Year.
The NLDS meeting marked the first time the Dodgers and Giants faced each other in the postseason. L.A. twice staved off elimination to reach the NL Championship Series a fourth time in the past five years.
Nominees for Top Sports Moment at 2021 L.A. Sports Awards
• Allyson Felix overtakes Carl Lewis as eh USA’s most decorated track and field athlete in Olympic history
• Angel City FC sign USWNT striker Christen Press as their first player
• Shohei Ohtani becomes the first player in MLB history to be named to the All-Star Game as both a pitcher and position player, and is voted American League MVP
• Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert is named NFL offensive Rookie of the Year
• Clippers eliminate the Utah Jazz in Game 6 to advance to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in franchise history
• Dodgers eliminate the Giants to advance to the NLCS
• Kobe Bryant inducted into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
• Rams defeat Seattle Seahawks in the Wild Card Game
• UCLA reaches NCAA Final Four
• USC advances to Elite 8 for the first time since 2001
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