Jen, if you were referring to me, naaah. I haven't been to Shea in 34 years. Just a rabid fan.
Whoops! Yeah, I was referring to you.
Before you freak (I am referring to an upstream post), the Dodgers are famous for collapsing in the stretch.
You don't know how much I wish for that everyday. LOL.
They sure collapsed in today's game with the Pirates. Bottom of the 8th right now with a score of 15-7.
I'm listening to the D-backs game and we are ahead by 3 but it's early. I sure hope we can close the gap tonight. 3 1/2 game lead looks less intimidating than 4 1/2.
The lower the opponent, the lower the Dodgers play.
You are in good shape, trust me.
Whomever wins the NLW gets in -- no one else in that Division even gets close to wild card.
if you are going to "trust" someone, jen, make it someone that knows something about baseball besides tired-ass
cliches and threadbare bromides about "playing down to the competition". it was ridiculously easy to blow this bit
of anecdotal (and counter-intuitive, I might add) silliness out of the water.
LA is 43-33 (.566) against teams under .500 : (ATL, CIN, CLE, COL, DET, PIT, SDP, SFG, WSN)
LA is 36-39 (.480) against teams over .500 : (ARI, CHC, CHW, FLA, HOU, LAA, MIL, NYM, PHI, STL)
sorry, airline boy, but this utterly refutes your grand theory of the dodgers playing down to the competition. wanna
try a different cliche? maybe they don't give 110%, or maybe the thought it was a sprint, not a marathon . . . .
and thanks for the primer on the wild card standings, but I don't think anyone was suffering from any delusions about
the NL west sending two teams to the playoffs this year.
I usually ignore FD's pathologically dodger hating baseball posts, but getting a ****ing snowman hung on you in the 7th
inning during a pennant race will exhaust your patience. I hope to feel better in the morning.