The Los Angeles Dodgers secured their eighth World Series championship in franchise history earlier this week by following their scouting report, which proved to be more than accurate.

The Dodgers' plan? Let the New York Yankees get in their own way.

Joel Sherman of the New York Post wrote Thursday that the Dodgers viewed New York as the worst-positioned outfield in baseball heading to the World Series. But that's not all.

“What the Dodgers told their players in scouting meetings was that the Yankees valued talent over fundamentals,” Sherman wrote. “That the Yankees do themselves harm when you run the bases with determination and aggression, as (Mookie) Betts, Tommy Edman, Freddie Freeman, etc. have shown. That it was very important to put the ball in play.” the Yankees elaborate. You mentioned that the Yankees…were the worst base-running team in the majors in every way.

All of these words were true in the World Series.

For example, in Game 1, Shohei Ohtani took third base on an error attributed to Juan Soto for a poor throw to second base. The next batter, Mookie Betts, hit a sacrifice fly to center field to bring home Ohtani and tie the game at 2-2. The Dodgers finally won on Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam.

In Game 3, the Yankees' poor baserunning was highlighted when the not-so-speedy Giancarlo Stanton was thrown to the plate by Teoscar Hernandez. In Game 4, rookie phenom Anthony Volpe failed to score with a double off the wall from second base.

The Yankees' mistakes really started to bother them in the fifth inning of Game 5. In one of the worst defensive frames in World Series history, the Yankees made three errors and allowed five runs – all unearned – to score with two outs. Aaron Judge missed a can of corn in center field, Anthony Volpe missed a throw to third base, and starting pitcher Gerrit Cole forgot to cover first base on a routine ground ball to Anthony Rizzo that should have ended the inning before a single run was scored.

The Dodgers were right: The Yankees got in their own way, paving the way to Los Angeles, where a championship parade was held Friday at Gloria Molina Grand Park.

New York's biggest priority this offseason will be retaining superstar Juan Soto, the biggest name on the free agent market. But another top priority should be for manager Aaron Boone's team to get back to the basics that cost them a chance at a World Series title.