After suffering through another humiliating loss last night against the Phillies, I can't help but wonder if that was the final nail in the coffin for the Dodgers in '08.
The Phils put the final touches on a 4 game sweep of the Dodgers, returning for the favor for getting swept themselves last week in LA. At least in that series, the Dodgers needed 2 walk-off hits to get wins, and won the other 2 by 2 runs each. In other words, the Phils put up a fight. How did the Dodgers do this series? Outscored 27-5.
In other words, they put up absolutely zero fight.
There's really not a whole lot to even say right now - I said a lot yesterday. You may as well just cut and paste it. I'm not sure how it's humanly possible for a team to get 13 hits and SCORE ZERO RUNS, but that's our beloved Dodgers!
14 men left on base, and 9 of those with 2 down and RISP. That's hard to do. Really, it is. It takes a team with a special kind of talent to be that pathetic when it counts. At least I'll give the Dodgers this - they sucked to start this series, and carried that through all 4 games.
In my mind, this all started on August 20 when they committed 4 errors to hand over a game to the Colorado Rockies. Ever since then, their play may as well be piled into a big, heaping sack of CRAP. Since Andre Ethier's walk-off homer to beat the Brewers on August 17, they're 1-6. That shows me that instead of playing hard and doing the things necessary to keep the momentum, they all got cocky and just assumed they'd win the division. And that's exactly why they're not.
It's now on to Washington, and these are 3 games they can easily win. Of course, with the way things have been going, they can also get swept. Derek Lowe is the starter, and he's the last guy to get a win on this team. As in last Thursday. He'll need to practically carry the team tonight for a rare win.
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