"And while Philly earned this one, L.A. picked a pretty bad time to play one of their worst games of the year. Last night they looked like the pre-“Man-Ram” Dodgers, kicking it all over the joint and unable to get a big “knock” or a big out when they needed it.

Alleged future staff ace Chad Billingsley, who failed to get out of the third inning of Game 2, didn’t exactly set the tone they were looking for when he allowed a lead-off
“jack” to Jimmy Rollins. I would never say that a game that important was over after one batter …but that game was over after one batter. Because, there was no way Billingsley was going to settle in after that. And even less of a chance the Dodgers were going to come back on someone as “cold blooded” as Cole Hamels.

And how uncanny is it, that every single time the Dodgers get something going, Blake DeWitt has a bat in his hands?! And he absolutely “killed them” again last night, grounding into two rally killing double plays. No offense, Blake, but you and the team would have been better served if you just stood up there with your bat on your shoulder and took three strikes. That way you only make one out instead of two every time you bat! Unfortunately, his replacement, Jeff Kent didn’t do any better, “punching out” twice with men on when he replaced DeWitt.

I asked former Dodgers’ manager Tommy Lasorda before the game if he expected the team to continue its resurgence if Manny Ramirez leaves; he said yes and pointed to how much better they were when Rafael Furcal returned from injury. To quote Carl Lewis, “uh-oh!”. You’re counting on a guy who did this last night to keep this “train on the tracks”?! Three errors in one inning, two on one play…he’s just lucky the official scorer didn’t hit him with a third error on that play, because he could have!

Look, there’s no doubt, the better team won. But considering no one not named Manny Ramirez showed up last night; that should remind Frank McCourt of exactly what his team will look like without “Man-Ram”."