Gavin Lux says Dodgers annoyed by 2020 World Series comments, whirlwind season talks

This postseason for Gavin Lux has been unlike any other for him — and with the Los Angeles Dodgers one win away from bringing a World Series title home to Southern California, the second baseman is soaking up every second.

Lux missed all of last season with a knee injury that forced him to undergo surgery during spring training. Missing a full year made Lux appreciate this season a little more.

“When it’s taken away for a whole year, it makes you appreciate the game a little bit more with the ups and downs and everything,” Lux said during his press conference Tuesday. “It would have given anything to be able to play last year, and you definitely appreciate it more. But we still have to win one more game. It’s not over until it’s over. That’s a good team over there. We have to finish things. It’s not finished yet, so just keep going.”

The second baseman was part of the 2020 taxi squad when the Dodgers beat the Tampa Bay Rays in Arlington, Texas. While the Dodgers watched the title run like everyone else, many watched it differently because the season was shorter.

Lux is ready to put that argument to rest.

“I think it’s kind of wrong for everybody,” he said of the shortened COVID season. “We were all in the same situation and we still won that year. We were all in the same boat doing the same thing. I personally don’t think that’s the right narrative, but I think in a way it bothers everyone a bit that you don’t get the recognition you deserve.

“If anything, I think it was probably harder to win that year. You want to have the whole season, though, just to get that whole narrative out the window.”

The Dodgers were the best team in baseball for the majority of 2024, and no one can argue that. However, they have hit a new level in the postseason and are not giving up even though they are up 3-0 in the best-of-seven series.

“Like I said, we’ve still got one more game to win and that’s the most important thing. You just take it pitch by pitch and it’s not over until it’s over as I keep saying.

“We’re not taking our foot off the gas here. We’ve just got to keep playing our game.”