I really thought there was some interesting backlash when I made the claim that the LA GM had done a better job of constructing a team than Jim Hendry had in Chicago. The Dodgers have plenty of money to throw around and he’s thrown crap at the wall that didn’t stick — Pierre, Jones, Schmidt. But he was also willing to roll the dice to bring in an impact player (Manny) and a solid veteran (Blake) to make a run at a wide-open division. He sacrificed only one top-prospect to get those two guys, LaRoche, and it’s beginning to look like he’s as fragile as they come.

I think that they’ll wrap up the Cubbies in four games after last night and then have their pitching staff set up to throw two groundballers in Philly — where they could steal one or even both games.

with all points. manny has won me over as a dodger, i guess it takes him walloping the cubs for me to hold him affectionately, ha. sometimes i wonder if last year we had an opportunity to tenure torre but that when tony realized he quickly re-upped for his two years. regardless, i suppose we owe him and dunc one more year after finally bringing the series win in 06. here’s to dodgers winning the league in 08, they have my backing too.