True Blue L.A.: Rockies Come To Town Smelling Blood

We have to go back 36 years to find a Dodger team that didn’t convert a lead this big into winning the division or league.  A seven-game lead is a big deal.  While the Dodgers may not be as good as 48-28, I’m going out on a limb to say the Rockies aren’t as good as 20-3 or 22-7 (their record under Jim Tracy) either.  And the Giants?  Not with that offense.

Also, I don’t know if you have heard this or not, but the Dodgers are adding a fairly significant hitter to their lineup at the end of this week, which should only bode well going forward.  As much as I would like to bill this series with the Rockies as some huge clash between two teams vying for the division title, that’s simply not the case.  Sure, the Rockies (or Giants) could end up winning the wild card, and Baseball Prospectus has the Dodgers’ chances of winning the division at “only” 89.4%, but for all intents and purposes…

THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST HAS ALREADY BEEN DECIDED.  THE RACE IS OVER.