Well, it's been over a week since we've written exclusively about our friends in blue, and for that I apologize. We, like the rest of Los Angeles, have been caught up in Lakermania. However, now that we've had the parade, it's time to take down our Laker flags and put up the Doggies.So let's catch up...
Since the 10th we've gone 3-3, scored 19 runs, given up 22, signed a 18 year old Korean high schooler, avoided our first 3-game losing streak of the season, diagnosed Randy "Whooping" Wolf with a "persistent cough," optioned my man Jamie Hoffman, gotten pwned by Fatty "Andruw" Jones, and seen 31 year old rookie Mitch Jones get his first career hit. Alright, now that we're caught up we can look towards the future.
Tonight, Whooping Cough Wolf takes the mound, attempting to take the series 2-1 from the Oakland A's. After a very strong May--a month that he finished with a 2.35 ERA--the ginger hurler has struggled in June, allowing 11 earned runs in 17 innings.
Worst case scenario tonight: Wolf gives up 6 earned runs in 4 innings, goes on the DL with scarlet fever, Dodgers lose 8-3.
Best case scenario: Wolf has a Billingsly-esque performance--pitching a 5 hit shutout, coughs on Eric Milton who gets sick, goes on the DL, and is forced to retire. Dodgers win 5-0.
On another note, the Dodgers outfielders, probably feeling the heat as Manny's return approaches, have continued to hit the crap out of the ball. Pierre and Kemp are both batting over .300 and Ethier leads the team with 11 home runs and three walk-off hits--two of which were home runs. Manuel will make his single-A debut next week, once he recovers from a sore throat. Here's to hoping that his hitting mechanics, and not his sore throat or attitude, rubs off on the impressionable 18 and 19 year olds he's gonna be playing with.
Hasta la Pasta,
Doom Bizzle
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