I’m sorry about the lack of content here. The Baseball Historians network suffered some internet/hosting problems that took us down for a while. When things came back up last weekend, I was in a position to where I couldn’t write. The good news is, i’m catching on right when the Dodgers are getting hot again so hopefully there will be plenty to write about going forward.
The Dodgers won for the fourth time in five games last night with a 5-4 win over the Cardinals and that gives the Dodgers a nice, three game cushion in the NL West. Rafael Furcal has been red hot and while his three game streak with four hits in a game came to an end last night, he still has a healthy 15 hits in the last five games. During that stretch, he saw his batting average rise from .218 to .295.
Probably the biggest surprise has been Russ Martin. He’s hitting .319 and he has 25 runs and 27 RBIs and that’s some solid production from your catcher. He’s also drawing walks, and he has a nice 22/17 strikeout to walk ratio.
Next up this weekend is a three game set against the Dodgers’ interleague “rivals,” the Angels. Both teams lead their division so it’s a battle of first place teams. Brad Penny gets the start in the opener tomorrow and he’ll take on Ervin Santana. Wins are wins, so it’d be nice to make this the third straight season the Dodgers put in their pocket.
