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Shaikin: Jack Flaherty grateful for L.A. World Series moment even though it didn't last

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Jack Flaherty is the first kid to grow up in Los Angeles and then start a World Series game for the Dodgers since Don Drysdale in 1966 .

The Dodgers grabbed him when they desperately needed a starting pitcher at the trade deadline.

He would have happily stayed, but the Dodgers signed Blake Snell to a five-year contract before November was out.

“Growing up here and being a part of this — this city and this community — to give it all back and live it out in real time was awesome.” Flaherty gets you, L.A. He should get a nice ovation Friday . This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times ..

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