Poor Dodgers!

by zknower on Aug 29, 2008 11:56 AM EDT

Just acknowledging a little bit of schadenfreude here.

After Stacey's post about her Dodger friend saying the Dodgers were an alternative to Stacey's "poor Orioles" a couple weeks ago, it gives me no small amount of pleasure to see that Saintly Joe has been unable to prevent a seven-game skid culminating in the Dodgers being SWEPT by the worst team in baseball, the Nationals.

The Dodgers are now a solid 3-1/2 games out of first, with six of their next 9 games against the division-leading Diamondbacks. They get a breather in the middle against the Padres, but of course have just shown that facing a last-place team doesn't necessarily mean they'll win. There are currently FIVE teams ahead of them for the wildcard, which means that if they don't get their act together in the next ten days, their season could be over.

Oh, and by the way? If they played in the same division as the Orioles right now, they'd be all of a game and a half ahead of them.

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I like to look at it the other way...

if the Orioles were in THEIR division, the O’s would be running away with the division…. I mean, seriously? The division leader is only 5 games better than the Orioles? The O’s haven’t even had the pleasure of playing 72 games against the rest of that division… Could you imagine?

Kevbo: [to George Sherrill] George, you look a lot like Vin Diesel...

Flatbill: Let's get somethin' straight... Vin Diesel looks like me.

-From "The Making of Orioles Magic"

by dayzd toe on Aug 29, 2008 12:04 PM EDT reply actions

Ha!

I was listening to the Nats/Dodgers broadcast in the car last night for a bit. At the time it was 2-1 Dodgers (on a Manny HR, of course), so when I saw that they lost 11-2 and were SWEPT by the Nats I thought the same exact thing.

[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8

by Stacey on Aug 29, 2008 12:17 PM EDT reply actions

F the Dodgers

Go DBacks. Adam Dunn needs to showcase his talents in the postseason, if only to shut up that retarded commentator in Cincinnati.

by PhilR8 on Aug 29, 2008 12:17 PM EDT reply actions

though, fwiw...

luuuuuukkkke has a better VORP than adam dunn this year. i’m sure huff whups him pretty good, too.

here comes the wave and the turn, here come the crash and the burn.

--mathew ryan

by j.q. higgins on Aug 29, 2008 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m more concerned about the state of your bet with AMA, Z.

"He’s in trouble. Whatever he throws me, I’m going to hit it."
-- Alex Cintron

by BrianS on Aug 29, 2008 4:10 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah..it currently stands at one game below 15.0

Is the bet 15 games, or OVER 15 games behind?

Kevbo: [to George Sherrill] George, you look a lot like Vin Diesel...

Flatbill: Let's get somethin' straight... Vin Diesel looks like me.

-From "The Making of Orioles Magic"

by dayzd toe on Aug 29, 2008 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions

15.5

I believe.

"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08

by getxstoked on Aug 29, 2008 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions