Oh yeah! Baseball!

For awhile there, I'll admit I forgot that there was a baseball season going on. Between the violence in the parking lot, Frank's lack of response, than his appointing of Bill Bratton to help him fix it, there has been much more going on than baseball. So let's give Frank, Bill and the Dodgers security team the benefit of the doubt and move on to baseball. Yes. Baseball. The Dodger season has thus far been like Chad Billingsley's starts. They looked pretty amazing coming out of the gate against the Giants, but then went thud against the Rockies. just because the Giants won the world championship last season and the Rockies failed to make it to the playoffs does not matter. It is a wide-open NL West race this year, the Rockies look as good as anyone, and the Giants look a little clumsy. So now come the Padres. They took two out of three from the Cards in the opening series, than split two with the Giants. They have yet to hit, hitting .213 so far with only three homers andf a .298 OBP. Their pitching has been decent, with a 3.33 ERA, but not alot of strikeouts with Mat Latos out. the Dodgers seem to bring out their best, so this may get interesting. Tonight they're throwing Cliff Richard at Ted Lilly, and one can only hope Lilly will rebound from his terrible first start. Next we see Dustin Moseley against Hiroki Kuroda, and Hiroki looked like his consistent self, and Mosely looked great. the Padres have a strong pitching staff, so perhaps Mosely may be their breakout guy this year. the Dodgers will toss out either Tim Redding or John Ely against Aarion Harang on Sunday, and while either is likable, one can only wait for Jon Garland or Vicente Padilla to come back. The Dodger pitchers should keep them in the game, but the question is the hitters. Will they or won't they? It's time for James Loney to wake up, and it's time for Juan Uribe to start earning his money. Interesting stat: the Dodgers lead the league with triples with three, with jamey Carroll, Casey Blake and Marcus Thames bringing the lumber. maybe Blake is the savior, after all, being a veteran to help light a fire under some asses. The Padres' Nick Hundley has a .550 OBP. look out world!