Okay, I Was Wrong Again. Good.

Well, the catastrophic series I predicted in Colorado turned out to be just the opposite. 3 wins in less than 48 hours and they're on their way to Wrigleyville. I've never seen such a display of no power in my life accompanied with so much run production. I can't believe their on base percentage. I still think their starting pitching and bullpen are weak, but who can argue with their record and their numbers? They are now, by far, the best team in baseball, 17 games over .500 before Juneand only 31 games games left before Manny gets his Get Out Of Jail Free card. Being my cynical, disbelieving self, I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop, but Juan Pierre and Casey Blake have been nothing short of amazing. Could it be, that in spite of their lack of power without Manny, the Dodgers simply have too many weapons? Or could it be that the Rockies just plain suck? (Which they do) I guess a 3 game series against the struggling, underachieving, Aramis Ramirez-less Cubbies might tell us more about this odd team. Clayton Kershaw pitched well enough to win in Denver, which has been a house of horrors for him. Eric Milton had strong control in getting his first win since 2006 yesterday. They overcame a crappy start by Stults on Monday and scored 16 runs on 19 hits with no homers, 16 singles. If you think about it, there aren't a lot of better teams than the Dodgers in the NL. One can argue St Louis, if LaRussa could ever just play the same 9 guys. One can argue Philly, but starting pitching is an issue with them, as well as it is with the Mets. As far as the Blue, If all the pieces of the puzzle do come together, look out.