I Can't Listen to this Anymore!

Since my last post, I've gotten poorer, my phone is about to be turned off and Ahmadinijad has denied the Holocaust again. But more importantly, once again, the Dodgers have made an idiot out of me. Every time I deliver praise and straddle the badwagon, they humiliate me. They have just finished blowing a 3 run lead to the awful Pirates in th bottom of the 9th, Broxton once again looking like an overgrown scared Little Leaguer. Thus far, in the first 6 of 7 against the 2 worst teams in the NL and perhaps, baseball, the Nats and the Bucs, they have looked like crap. They are 3 and 3 in the 2 series', barely eking out 2 of those wins. But what's frightening is the way Ethier has looked. Terrible. Can our most productive player be going back into a tailspin this close to the Playoffs? Getting a little tired of hearing how tired these guys are and how they need a rest. Ethier's in his mid 20's and they take those new fangled jet planes to the games nowadays. They're athletes for shit's sakes. Tired of hearing the excuses. Okay, so they'll clinch the West tomorrow in Pittsburgh or Tuesday in SD. It'll get interesting, however, if the Mountains beat the Birds today and the Blue really begins to falter. It'll also be interesting to see if the Braves can catch Colorado for the Wild Card. The Dodgers play no better against Atlanta than they do against Philly or St Louie and the Braves would likely come to the Ravine for Games 1 & 2. Still a lot going on going into the season's final week.

Just wishing we can witness it without having to listen to Charlie Steiner. My god, is it just me??? I mean, he seems like a great guy, but the microphone should get a restraining order against him. Not only do you have no idea what's going on unless you have the game in front of you, but did you watch yesterday's game in Pittsburgh? He kept saying every pitch out of the zone was high. Sometimes they were low and away, but he was saying they were high. Then, when the Bucs were catching up, they brought Robinson Diaz up to the plate to pinch hit. No one mentions Diaz his entire at bat. The guy gets walked by Kuo, but no one says, "Here comes Robinson Diaz to pinch hit for Maholm..." or, "and that's ball four to Robinson Diaz!" The guy walks and eventually comes around to score and they never mentioned his name the entire inning. We just saw some guy with "Diaz" on the back of his jersey. Them, today, I'm driving home listening to the game and I hear Steiner say with a 1 run Dodger lead, "It's time for the bubbly!" Can you imagine either Vinny or Ross Porter being that unprofessional? Then, I hear, "there's a gorund ball to second... I mean short..." And also, I'm beginning to think he's a jinx.

And "psycho" Steve Lyons. The other day, Lyons suggest that Ronald Belisario should be considered for NL Rookie of the Year. Belisario, who has a low ERA while allowing just about every runner he inherits to score. Ronald Belisario over Garret Jones, JA Happ, Tommy Hanson, Couglin, McCoutheon and McGeehee. Jeez.

And what's with Joe Torre yesterday? You want Randy Wolf to be your ace and go-to guy in the playoffs but you don't trust him to be able to retire Steve Pearce with one on and one out in the bottom of the 7th with a 2 run lead? Good luck against The Cards and Phils lineup with that kind of confidence.

I know I'm not alone is expressing that I don't like the way this team is playing. It does no bode well for the post season and Charlie Steiner is making me nervous.