The Dodgers clinched a playoff berth Monday night with a victory over the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park, securing their 14th consecutive postseason appearance. The streak ties the Atlanta Braves' major league record of 14 consecutive playoff seasons, which ran from 1991 to 2005 (the 1994 strike year did not interrupt that streak, as there were no playoffs that season).

The Dodgers' current run dates to 2013, the same year the team's ownership changed hands from Frank McCourt to Guggenheim Baseball Management. Los Angeles last failed to make the playoffs in 2012. One outlet noted the parallel timing between the ownership transition and the beginning of the team's extended postseason run.

One outlet pointed to the Dodgers as defending World Series champions with the potential to threepeat, though most reporting focused primarily on the clinch itself and the historical record.