For the sixth consecutive year the chlorine curse has worked its diabolical magic on the L.A. Dodgers. They lost to Boston, demonstrating beyond any reasonable doubt that the powers of a “baseball curse” cannot be altered.

In 2013 the Dodgers clinched the National League West Championship at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. After their win they proceeded to celebrate by jumping in the Chase Field swimming pool. Immediately after unwittingly defiling the D-Backs’ pool, the curse gods loudly declared: “From this moment on, the Dodgers will be haunted by a 100-year chlorine curse.”

Ever since that fateful day they have exited each season without achieving final victory. This year was no exception. Boston kicked their butt, pounding the “chlorine” stake in their heart in the fifth game with a decisive 5-1 victory.

The Dodgers, in a futile effort to overcome the powers of the curse, assembled the highest-paid team in baseball, going all out at the trade deadline by acquiring the “dirtiest” player in baseball, Many Machado. The curse had an exclamation point with “Match A Doe’s” futile strikeout to end the game. The Dodgers did all they could, naively believing money, trades and mere mortals could overcome the powers of the chlorine curse. They failed again, just as they will for another 93 years.

It’s an indisputable fact: Baseball curses last 100-plus years. Just ask the Red Sox’s “curse of the Bambino,” the Cubs’ “Billy goat curse,” and now the Dodgers’ chlorine curse. Gotta just love baseball; except for the Dodgers.