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LivnLegend · 07-22-2003, 06:17 PM

The Dodgers are now 10 ½ games behind The Hated Ones in the National League West and things are looking darker with each passing day. When the pitching is good, the hitting is absent. When the hitters are coming through as they did in the St. Louis series, the pitching suddenly looks horrible. Although the ’78 Yankees and the ’95 Mariners will tell you different, a double digit deficit in late July is usually close to insurmountable.

Leave it to “Mr. Sunshine” Jim Tracy to see differently. Forget about the Wild Card. Tracy still think the Dodgers are going to win the West. “We’ve seen teams get it done in the past and that has to be our goal.” A couple more losses and the Dodgers will be closer to the Padres (who are 25 games out) than they will be to the front running Gnats.

So, Fat Ron Coomer is still on the DL because of a sore jaw. If Coomer would stop eating so damn much, his jaw might stop hurting. Odalis Perez looks nothing like the pitcher who tossed three 1-hitters over the past two years. Andy Ashby still sucks. Wilson Alvarez is still playing on borrowed time. Shawn Green is still having the worst year of his career and has yet to smile, frown, or do anything else that proves he is not a zombie. Jack Clark still does not belong in a Dodgers uniform. Rickey Henderson and Jeromy Burnitz combined for 3 homers in one game and it’s still not enough to win. Darryl Ward is still hitting less than his old man, Gary Ward, would hit if he put on a uniform today. Jolbert Cabrera has still done nothing to encourage the good Angelino’s of LA to name their newborn sons Jolbert (Christ!). And yet, I still watch the Dodgers night after night on TV. What a glutton for punishment!

07-22-2003, 06:17 PM	#1
LivnLegend Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: 100% pure adrenaline! Posts: 5,624	LA Dodgers - Throw in the towel? The Dodgers are now 10 ½ games behind The Hated Ones in the National League West and things are looking darker with each passing day. When the pitching is good, the hitting is absent. When the hitters are coming through as they did in the St. Louis series, the pitching suddenly looks horrible. Although the ’78 Yankees and the ’95 Mariners will tell you different, a double digit deficit in late July is usually close to insurmountable. Leave it to “Mr. Sunshine” Jim Tracy to see differently. Forget about the Wild Card. Tracy still think the Dodgers are going to win the West. “We’ve seen teams get it done in the past and that has to be our goal.” A couple more losses and the Dodgers will be closer to the Padres (who are 25 games out) than they will be to the front running Gnats. So, Fat Ron Coomer is still on the DL because of a sore jaw. If Coomer would stop eating so damn much, his jaw might stop hurting. Odalis Perez looks nothing like the pitcher who tossed three 1-hitters over the past two years. Andy Ashby still sucks. Wilson Alvarez is still playing on borrowed time. Shawn Green is still having the worst year of his career and has yet to smile, frown, or do anything else that proves he is not a zombie. Jack Clark still does not belong in a Dodgers uniform. Rickey Henderson and Jeromy Burnitz combined for 3 homers in one game and it’s still not enough to win. Darryl Ward is still hitting less than his old man, Gary Ward, would hit if he put on a uniform today. Jolbert Cabrera has still done nothing to encourage the good Angelino’s of LA to name their newborn sons Jolbert (Christ!). And yet, I still watch the Dodgers night after night on TV. What a glutton for punishment! __________________ Excess ain't rebellion. You're drinking what they're selling.