Tarik Skubal was prepared for Dodgers challenge by failure ‘on the biggest stage’

Tarik Skubal refers to the game only as Game 5. He doesn’t mention the year or the round of the playoffs in which it was played. Each of his previous two seasons ended in the fifth and final game of an American League Division Series, but it was obvious which one Skubal was referencing in a recent conversation with the California Post. Oct. 12, 2024: the Detroit Tigers against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field in Cleveland — or, as Skubal called it, the game in which he “failed on the biggest stage.” As painful as the experience was, Skubal said he now appreciates it. “I’m just not afraid of failure anymore,” he said. “I’m just not afraid of failure anymore,” Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tarik Skubal said. Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times via AP That mindset will be critical in the