Dodgers' comeback in NLCS hinges on staying loose

PHILADELPHIA | When Doug Mientkiewicz and Manny Ramirez were with the Boston Red Sox during their historic comeback from a 3-0 deficit against the New York Yankees during the 2004 American League Championship Series, they decided early on that looseness was going to be a sustaining glue to any comeback. Sometimes that comes out in strange ways. "We made a pact where it was like, 'We're going to bring something we're going to ship home every game,' " Mientkiewicz said. "We kind of did it as a joke. By [the World Series in] St. Louis, we ran out of stuff ... Email