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Coming into Tuesday night’s game the Dodgers were 58-53 and the Cincinnati Reds were 47-64. The Dodgers were still in striking distance for the division title, and the Reds had the third worst record in all of baseball.
It was this horrible Reds team that shut out the Dodgers. This would be the third game in the last four games the Dodgers have put up a goose egg.
Count it: in the last 19 innings the Dodgers have gotten 15 hits and no runs. NOTHING.
And if this keeps going, after September 30 the Dodgers will have nothing.
Right now the Dodgers are a horrible horrible team, and watching them is like living a scene from A Clockwork Orange. I would rather be forced to watch those awful Dane Cook MLB postseason commercials on repeat than watch a Dodger’s game right now.
Part of the problem is how obstinate Grady Little is. Why is Andre Ethier, one of the hottest hitters the Dodgers have had as of late, hitting in the seventh or eighth spot? Why is Russell Martin not tied down to a chair in the clubhouse?
Tony LaRussa over the weekend decided to have his pitcher hit in the eighth spot in order to hopefully get some spark out of the offense. At this point, perhaps Grady Little should follow suit in doing something drastic to get something out of the team. And by drastic, I don’t mean having the team’s most ineffective offensive player in Olmedo Saenz to hit fourth.
But change up the lineup. Do something.
Because right now with 50 games left to go, being patient is not working.
AP Photo by Al Behrman
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remember in april, when you wrote:
"With all of these elements combined, I don’t see how any team can completely shut down the Dodgers. The starting pitching can nullify the New York Met’s power hitters while the batters can just grind out the Met’s pitchers. The same holds true for the Atlanta Braves. The St. Louis Cardinals. The Houston Astros. And so on down the line."
you wrote that on april 17th. you were handing them the penant in mid april and now you're burying them for losing 6 of 7 in august.
have you ever followed a baseball team before? ever? do you know any stats other than batting average? do you think turning garciaparra into garciapopup is somehow better analysis than telling readers that he has an OPS of .950 with runners in scoring position? or that his batting average is over .325 both with runners in scoring position and two outs, and late inning at bats in close games?
take a deep breath man. like bart giamatti said, it is designed to break your heart.
I usually don't agree much with your dodger articles but this time I do. I usually watch every single game but the past 3 I've found myself not interested. I've been wondering myself how Ethier is still hitting 8th and slumping Matt Kemp is still getting every start against lefties even though Ethier is hitting .329 this year and .351 last year against lefties. Russel Martin clearly needs to rest more, and the starting pitching is really hurting with all the injuries.