Dodger lead over the Rockies in the NL West: One game.
What is there to say?
More ugliness as the Dodgers limp to the playoffs -- unfortunately they have already clinched a playoff spot so I will be forced to see them get kicked around in the first-round. Yeah, I know, there's no correlation between a team's record at the end of the season and its performance in the playoffs but you don't think this stink is bound to linger. At least a little bit?
The Dodgers got rolled by Colorado. At home. By a team that was still hung over after partying after clinching a playoff spot the previous afternoon. After Tommy Lasorda gave an emotional pre-game pep talk. Did I mention it was also Tommy's 60th Dodger anniversary celebration? Tommy. Lasorda. The man who could motivate the dead to rise up and win a game. It wasn't enough.
In case you don't understand. This loss means that the Dodgers' losing streak with a magic number of ONE is now at five games. Let me repeat: The Dodgers' losing streak with a magic number of ONE is now at five games.
So, the Dodgers did not only not clinch the division title, they also did not clinch home-field advantage through the playoffs. Our game one playoff pitcher was inconsistent. And you couldn't watch the offense: one for 19 with runners in scoring position in the last four games. That is not a typo: 1 for 19. Look it up if you don't believe me. I've watched it in stunned silence so I know it's true.
I've always said I didn't want substances in baseball. I think I've changed my mind. Manny has been unable to function since he's come back from suspension. Just last night, he struck out looking in the first -- with a runner on second base. In the third, with the bases loaded, he was at the plate for a wild pitch that scored in a run but then he struck out swinging. In the fifth, with two outs and again a runner on second, he struck out again. Then to cap off the night, in the seventh, with two runners on base and the team rallying from a 4-1 deficit, Manny strikes out swinging. Just Manny being Manny. He's so ugly out there that Dodger fans are booing him. And Dodger fans never boo their own. They do now.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
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