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DENVER — For the Dodgers, at least, the lockout was worth it. Over the three months in which teams were forbidden from contacting players, Freddie Freeman and the Atlanta Braves drifted so far apart that the Dodgers could do in March what was unthinkable in November: swoop in and sign…

DENVER — Gavin Lux flew. Walker Buehler spun. Freddie Freeman battled. The bullpen blasted.

DENVER — On the first day of the season, Kyle Freeland became the Dodgers’ first victim.

DENVER — For a team with such familiar ambitions, there were plenty of new sights sprinkled into the Los Angeles Dodgers’ finally tune-up games against the Angels this week at Chavez Ravine.

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LOS ANGELES — Three days before his team opens its season, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was offered a chance to walk back his guarantee of a championship.

PHOENIX — The question, tinged with incredulity, surfaced in every corner of the Major League Baseball universe last month once the Dodgers reinforced a stacked lineup with Freddie Freeman: How many games will those plucky Dodgers win in 2022?

LOS ANGELES — This is getting silly. This is getting old.

LOS ANGELES — Joe Maddon selected an adjective usually applied to a gallon of milk. Then again, for all the romance that surrounds the sport, baseball is a consumer product too.

PHOENIX — If not for the lockout, the Los Angeles Dodgers would have been at Chavez Ravine on Thursday, opening the regular season against the Colorado Rockies.