Dodger Game and Stadium Report

Originally published Sept. 4, 2011

You can stop believin’.

The Dodgers beat the NL West cellar-dwelling San Diego Padres Monday night, 4-1, at Dodger Stadium behind Clayton Kerhaw’s complete game effort. The boys in blue have now won six of their last seven games.

Clayton Kershaw shuts down the Padres, Photo courtesy of Gambling Beat

Don’t be fooled. They may be playing better of late, but there are ominous signs. These signs indicate the Dodgers will continue to struggle for the foreseeable future before they truly get better and contend again for the playoffs.

It starts at the top. The current disastrous ownership dispute between owner Frank McCourt and baseball Commissioner Bud Selig continues. The silence and lack of news from both parties is deafening and worrisome. The longer this stalemate lasts, the more difficult it will be for this team to move forward and for the better. (more…)

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