Sheesh! The Season

Dodgers never did get it together this season.

At first it was the pitching. Dodgers' starting pitchers couldn't stay in the game long enough to be convincing, to get the job done.

Since the All-Star break, the starters have been great.... But everything else has broken down. The relief pitchers can't seem to provide relief. And nobody can hit! Dodgers are about 4 for 400 with runners in scoring position, don't have a single player with 25 homeruns, and only one, James Loney, with as many as 80 runs batted in.

General Manager Ned Colletti went out and got Ted Lilly to bolster the pitching staff, and that wasn't a bad move. And he got Rod Barajas to help fill in for the injured Russell Martin. But he didn't find a Manny to replace the faded Manny, who he let go for nothing, and he didn't find a closer, which the Dodgers desperately need.

Although you don't really need a closer if you can't score enough runs to take a lead into the 9th, do you?

The Dodgers started this season with high hopes and big plans. They end it with low results and small returns.... With the owner or owners locked in a divorce/ownership squabble that won't look good no matter how it comes out, and can only have a negative effect on the team for next year.

Sheesh!