shellacking

And the Dodgers looked anything but rested and refreshed in Friday’s 11-4 shellacking by the Toronto Blue Jays, which left them trailing a postseason series for the first time since last fall’s NLDS.

Then, in early 1983, six months out from what was expected to be another shellacking in the US, Jacklin was asked to captain the side.

Those who predicted a shellacking on the pitch and a visceral uprising in the stands were proven wrong.

When Dan Sheehan finished off their third try - a thing of real beauty - the temptation was to reach for the record books because it really did feel like an epic shellacking was on its way.

“We needed that,” he said, “to help us get over that shellacking we took in Game 2.”