The Dodgers are in the midst of a nine game road trip against three of the worst teams in the National league, a stretch in which they should have been able to easily salt away the division and start gearing up for the playoffs. Instead they have gone 3-3 against the Nationals and the Pirates, and looking bad in the process. Today they threw away a three run lead in the 9th inning and now have to come back tomorrow to try to clinch the division.
This is easily the best, most talented team the Dodgers have fielded since at least the 1988 World Series champions, probably the best since the 1981 team. But since the All Star break they have not played like a championship team. The fielding is lackadaisical, the hitting inconsistent, and the starting pitching even more up-and-down. They will win the division, but the way this team is playing, unless Joe Torre is able to issue a wake-up call or they can somehow turn on the competitive juices come October it is hard to like their chances in what shapes up as a very competitive N.L. postseason tournament.
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