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A great and terrible storm occurred in the region that night, and neither man was heard from again until the body of Newton Grimwood washed up on the banks of Lake Michigan in August, still wearing a life preserver with the notes for his article in his pocket.

Saturday night was payback time, with left-hander Alex Vesia throwing Treinen a life preserver after Treinen yielded a run, gave up two more singles and hit a batter and pushed his pitch count to 33 as the Dodgers moved perilously close to blowing a three-run lead in Game 2 of the World Series.

No denying it — the driving-directions app that bosses you around on the road is squeezing the life out of Loyd Sigmon’s name and his namesake baby, that fine Southern California creation, the preserver of life and saver of time: the SigAlert.

Landon Knack has been a human life preserver for the Dodgers, an unsung rookie right-hander who has helped keep the rotation afloat when seas get a little rough.

Maybe, but Celine Dion wasn’t about to throw them a life preserver.