Shaikin: Here's why the Dodgers-Brewers NLCS might have been decided in August

The National League Championship Series starts Sunday. The series could have been decided on Aug. 1. That was the day the Dodgers traded for Tarik Skubal. The Milwaukee Brewers wanted him badly, but they declined to include a promising young pitcher in the deal. So, on Sunday, the scenario the Brewers most hoped to avoid comes true: Instead of starting for them in Game 1 of the NLCS, Skubal starts against them.