That’s one way to start off the last homestand of the regular season.

Forget the fact that it was against the lowly San Francisco Giants and their lineup featuring a who’s who of … “Who?” Forget the fact that five of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ runs in their dominant 8-2 win on Friday night came off the relatively unknown Philip Abner. The Dodgers’ lineup, without Shohei Ohtani, showed exactly what they’re capable of offensively.

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This is the version of the team Andrew Friedman envisioned when he signed Kyle Tucker to a four-year, $240 million contract and Edwin Díaz to a three-year, $69 million deal last winter.

“The talent,” manager…

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