Los Angeles — On a tense night at Dodger Stadium, where the crowd was hyped and hopes of victory were soaring, the Los Angeles Dodgers unexpectedly fell in the final seconds. In a blow to their championship ambitions, the D-backs turned a 4-3 loss into a bitter opportunity for revenge. But in the middle of that desert, a cold wind blew: the voice of Max Muncy – a World Series champion, a deadly hitter, a man known for his baseball IQ, unable to contain his anger… and sent a warning that left MLB speechless.
“We haven’t started yet,” Muncy said after the game. “People think they know who we are. But they haven’t seen how cohesive this team can be when the superstars get going. When we do, we’re going to be… dangerous.”
It wasn’t just a challenge, it was a declaration of war. It came from a man who had endured a difficult season: a knee injury that cost him nearly two months of the season, then some trouble with his abdominal muscles; then finally coming back in full force and contributing more than 19 home runs and over 67 RBIs—a season that at times seemed like it was going to be a breeze for the Dodgers. But now, under the home lights, Muncy wanted the world to understand one thing: “Don’t believe what you see. Wait until we really explode.”
After the Dodgers dominated the Cincinnati Reds in the Wild Card series and crushed the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 in Game 4 of the NLDS, only to lose 4-3, the Yankees left Los Angeles utterly disappointed. Muncy, who has been a big contributor in the postseason but has also been blamed for the losses because of his “off-time” style of play, is now like a “latent snake” – quiet, reshaping his strategy and ready to explode.
“We learned a lot from this loss,” he said. “But remember: every time we speak up, the game is over.”
Those words have experts scouring. According to an anonymous Dodgers assistant coach, the current locker room is a “hotbed” of tension, but everyone is clear on one thing: “Max is making Kobe Bryant the standard for ‘spin.’”
Muncy himself has faced a lot of expectations: he has pierced every major ballpark, was a quiet scorer for the Dodgers, but has been criticized for being inconsistent in the postseason. This year, as the team prepares to play the Milwaukee Brewers again in the NLCS, his warning becomes an “open letter” to all of MLB – especially with a cold “we haven’t started yet” look that promises that the Dodgers’ true monster is still dormant and about to erupt.
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