Okay, listen I have a first act of a script due by Thursday, so I really don’t have time to talk baseball, because I’m already working for free for one of the major, wealthier networks. But for those of you who are all excited that our Blue have returned to .500 ball after a 3 game sweep at home, please keep in mind that it was a minor league team that we beat. Until at such time that Lastings Millege, Jesus Flores, Ryan Zimmerman and Austin Kearns play to their huge potentials , the Washington Nationals are the worst team I’ve ever seen. That being said, their pitching is almost at a Triple A level and I guarantee you, had the Dodgers faced their ace, Tim Redding, they’d have lost. Sure, Kershaw looked good, Kemp looked good, Nomar looked good. However, had it been the Toronto Blue Jays in town, or any other team at or around .500 to play the Dodgers, they'd have lost 2 out of 3 and guys might not have looked quite so good.
Kevin Kennedy, Steve Psycho Lyons, Steiner and Rick Monday love to talk about “the keys to the game.” It’s gotta be the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. The keys to the game are, you have to score more runs than the other team or you’ll lose. Because they don’t have overpowering pitching and because they still don’t score enough runs, the Dodgers will lose the majority of their games to teams that do score a lot of runs. It’s simple logic. The only way we can tell how the offense is shoring up under the tutelage of the great Donny Baseball is to see how they fare against real Major League pitching - that’s one thing the Giants do possess – and real big league hitting – something the Rockies, Cubs, Cards, Brewers, Mets, Phillies, Marlins, Reds, DBacks, Astros, and Braves possess. I still think if you’re Ned Colletti - and it would be weird if you were - you have to make another move. A bigger one, perhaps. You really should have to give up something to improve and thus far the Dodgers have not done that. Ned, since you seem to be already using my ideas (Casey Blake for one) how about dealing for a 30 HR, 100 RBI guy? Is there one out there? Just Manny Ramirez, but the Dodgers don't like troublemakers who make a lot of money. They'd prefer to sign over the hill, nonchalant, overweight, smiling guys who've completely forgotten how to hit who make a lot of money. In other words, they'd prefer to finish 3rd.
At least the suddenly surly Joe Torre has seen the light and has agreed to bench the Awful One. Ethier looked pissed, and it didn’t help his cause when he tried to do too much in striking out a couple of times yesterday. Andre, relax and play your game. No matter what happens, it can't be worse than Andruw's. If Jones comes back next year and hits .200, he's the odds on favorite for Comeback Player of the Year.
Meanwhile, thanks, Giants for playing the DBacks so tough. Why do I have the feeling, in spite of their ineptitude against Arizona, the Giants will come to the Ravine and beat a struggling Hiroki Kuroda tonight? Oh, yeah, because he’s been struggling... and it’s the Dodgers and the Giants.
As I type, the Rockies could well have suddenly become the best team in the Bigs. HERE THEY COME. Remember when they were 16 games below .500, like, last week? Look again. 10 games below in the weak, weak West, with two of the hottest hurlers in the game in Cook and Jiminez.
Newcomer Casey Blake looked awful at the plate yesterday, but I still think he’ll prove to be a decent addition. Do we need more? In my best Valley Girl: “Uh… duh…”
BIG OL’ SERIES begins twixt the Halos and the Bosox up in Fenway tonight. Go Cherubim!
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