Alexander: Dodgers’ Jack Flaherty delivers for his hometown team in NLCS opener
LOS ANGELES — I’ll admit a columnist cheat here: There are times, in a game that seems out of hand, when you start writing well before it’s over. Deadlines, y’know. (Yes, even for a 5 p.m. start.) But with the New York Mets in town for Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, that’s…