Are Dodgers Throwing In The Towel?
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While the former world champion focuses much of its attention on smacking Matt Kemp and my former comrades march into another brainwashing session (most of them aren’t programmed for it anyway, it’s just comedy central) on Friday, we’ve got bigger fish to fry. Specifically, what are the Dodgers doing? They get Manny Ramirez back for the stretch run and now they put him on waivers? Though its a fat chance they will catch the Padres for the NL West crown, the Dodgers, who completed a sweep of the Brew Crew today, are only 5 games back of the Giants in the wild-card race.
The Dodgers open a 3-game set in Colorado Friday against the Rockies, a club they’ve pretty much owned this season. They follow that with a 3-game series against the Phillies, beginning Monday in L.A., where the stakes will be significant since the Phillies, who suffered a 4-game sweep by the lowly Astros, are on a serious fade job. Actually, they look like the Dodgers a week or so ago, having trouble generating much offensively. But that outstanding rotation that the Astros employ will do that to the best of them sometimes.
The Giants visit L.A. on Sept. 3. And considering the Dodgers get the Astros for 4 games in the middle of September and close the regular season against the horrible D-Backs and Rockies, they might just have enough gas in the tank to earn a wild-card berth.
So why deal Ramirez now? Just to save some coin?
If Ned Colletti and Joe Torre believe they can advance to the postseason playing small ball, someone might want to tap them on the shoulder. And despite all the chaos the Dodgers have experienced this season, it surely would be a shame to watch them gag in September because they didn’t have a big bat such as Manny’s in the lineup. Just to save some coin? Please.
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