Here's the Thing....

I like this version of you. :)

Nicely stated.

Lilly is not a big name, not anymore, and the others guys are to my point of view standard players that will make any impact.

We will improve a little, but not enough to win the division or the Wild Card race.

I hope Torre and Colleti leaves the team very soon.

I would be fine if they traded for Lily months earlier or even a few weeks ago when division was still up for grabs but now there is almost no point. Sure he provides stability in the back of the rotation, but the real issue is the lack of offense or power, which is why I dont see us going anywhere this year. We just dont stack up to what the other NL contenders have. What makes it worse is we had to toss in DeWitt who had a good OBP and some upside for an older, shittier player to make the deal work.

And I still think our division is still up for grabs. Im very sad to see DeWitt go, I really liked the kid, and admired his work ethic. He was going to do whatever he could to help the club. I like Lilly, but not at the price of DeWitt, especially if its a rental. But anyways..

Ive been a Dodger fan for 34 years. In my 34 years being a Dodger fan, I have never once, seen a Dodger team that has won it easily. Divorce or not, this is still our Los Angeles Dodgers. Even if we were in last, I would want to go out with a fight. The Dodgers have had this core team going for a while, DeWitt and J-Mac were part of that core, albeit a smaller part. Maybe this is a message for some of the other guys, that Ned will deal if you arent performing. It was a tough loss to swallow today.. Bills took the ball today like an Ace would, on 3 days rest, and dominated. As bad as our hitting has been, it wont continue, and if this is a sign that Kershaw and Billingsley have become what we expected them to be.. With Lilly, Kuroda and Padilla, we looking good as a staff. The pen has been shored up nicely, despite the cost, with Dotel, and Jansen. The offense needs to come around and it will.

It will be nice to watch them come from behind this year and prove the doubters wrong. Its better than watching them sputter down the stretch like they have in recent years. Im not predicting anything, but theres still a third of a season left. Its time for Dodger baseball as we know it. I know evryones frustrated, but lets see how this thing works out. Go Dodgers!!!!

The biggest problem is the hole they’ve dug, and we don’t know when or if we are getting Manny back healthy. Basically from the beginning of the year the Dodgers were trying to do this on the cheap, and things haven’t changed.

As far as the future, there aren’t any holes in the Dodger organizations that can’t be fixed by money. This is probably the last chance to make a run in the McCourt era. But if this team were sold in the offseason, a new owner could put this team into very good shape relatively easily.

The one line of reasoning that has some sway with me is the following: If we can somehow get it down from 7-8 games to 3-4 by September, anything’s possible. It’s the calculus of hope, I suppose, but considering our foes are SD & SF, it’s not like we’re going against the ‘27 Yankees here. Mostly, my feelings of "it’s over" stem from the overall weakness of the Dodgers’ performance this year. Of course an eight-game winning streak puts us right back in the mix; I’ve seen little to suggest such a surge is likely.