First of all, this brilliant picture is off of a site called "executedtoday.com." Really a lovely image, if I do say so, and one that perfectly encapsulates what it has been like to be a Dodgers fan lately.
While some of us have been too busy to blog of late (notwithstanding that we are only 12 days away from the start of college football season), others have been so disgusted by the near loss of a 15 1/2 game lead that the mere thought of putting fingers to keys carried the weight of Leonard Davis five years after his pro career ends. However, on the eve of a massive 3 game series in Colorado, I felt the need to add my thoughts to the ether .... lest the bloodletting soon be completed and render me incapable of offering any more.
I suppose the good fan in me should concede nothing. We have a 3 game lead still, and just as easily as a Colorado sweep of the next three games could erase that lead, a Dodgers sweep could make it 6. Still, Old Mo' is really on the Rockies side, and i get the feeling the Boys in Blue are wilting under the pressure of their first real challenge since Manny arrived last year. Ned Colletti elected to do nothing prior to the trading deadline, and we will see if that is brilliant faith in the young kids or delusional myopia predicated on saving a little money.
Needless to say, I don't have a good feeling at the start of this series. Amazingly, it feels as though the Dodgers have already lost their lead and the series, despite the fact that the Rockies are trotting out Josh Fogg and Jason Hammel (he of the 7.00+ ERA at home) as two of their starters. The way the Dodgers have been hitting, though, I can't see us taking more than one in the series. At this point, I feel it is more likely Vicente Padilla incites a full-blown riot by hitting Todd Helton in the head than that the Dodgers pull 2 of 3. Still, I will be pulling for them, if only because baseball is a synonym for masochism.
Another tremendous effort by the best blogger that SLAE has to offer.
ReplyDeleteThe good fan in you should definitely concede nothing. On paper, you have to feel good about the Kershaw vs. Hammel matchup. And you should feel good about the Wolf vs. Fogg matchup too. Of course, anything can happen and the Rockies certainly have Old Mo' on their side (especially in Coors), but a wise man once said that momentum is just as good as your next day's starting pitcher. Give me Kershaw and Wolf over the trash the Rockies will throw out there on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday is a different animal with Padilla on the mound, but the story of this series may already be told by then anyway (one way or the other).
And even if the unthinkable happens, at least you've got the Wild Card.
Put me down for a Dodgers series win in this one. Get out of Colorado with a 4 game lead and you can avoid finding yourself on executedtoday.com...for now.