Manny Ramirez’s 50-game suspension brings up an interesting point for teams attempting to catch the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West.
After the San Francisco Giants play a three-game series this weekend in LA, remaining NL Worst teams won’t be able to beat (or lose) to the Dodgers for quite awhile head-to-head.
The Dodgers have 12 straight games out of the division before a three-game series at Colorado, then it’s four games at the Chicago Cubs before LA comes back home to host the Arizona Diamondbacks in a three-game series.
In all, the Dodgers will play only 14 of their 50 games sans Manny vs. the NL West.
So, how’s that for scheduling? (Could be tough on the Dodgers, since they seem to play much better vs. the NL West.)
Even before the Manny situation, the MLB schedule was once again quite bizarre.
After all, the Giants play six games in LA the first five weeks of the season vs. their fierce rivals. In the final 21 weeks, the Giants only come to Dodgers Stadium once again on Sept. 11-13.
In fact, after the teams play Sept. 18-20 in San Francisco, they don’t even meet again during the final two weeks of the season. How’s that for head-to-head competition between arguably the two best teams in the NL West?
Last season, the Dodgers played nine September games against the weak San Diego Padres … winning seven.
Any wonder why the Dodgers won the NL West?
This time, western division teams will still be seeing Manny a vast majority of the time that they play the Dodgers.
And that may not be good for anybody trying to catch the runaway Dodgers without Manny until he returns July 3 in … of all places … San Diego.
After the San Francisco Giants play a three-game series this weekend in LA, remaining NL Worst teams won’t be able to beat (or lose) to the Dodgers for quite awhile head-to-head.
The Dodgers have 12 straight games out of the division before a three-game series at Colorado, then it’s four games at the Chicago Cubs before LA comes back home to host the Arizona Diamondbacks in a three-game series.
In all, the Dodgers will play only 14 of their 50 games sans Manny vs. the NL West.
So, how’s that for scheduling? (Could be tough on the Dodgers, since they seem to play much better vs. the NL West.)
Even before the Manny situation, the MLB schedule was once again quite bizarre.
After all, the Giants play six games in LA the first five weeks of the season vs. their fierce rivals. In the final 21 weeks, the Giants only come to Dodgers Stadium once again on Sept. 11-13.
In fact, after the teams play Sept. 18-20 in San Francisco, they don’t even meet again during the final two weeks of the season. How’s that for head-to-head competition between arguably the two best teams in the NL West?
Last season, the Dodgers played nine September games against the weak San Diego Padres … winning seven.
Any wonder why the Dodgers won the NL West?
This time, western division teams will still be seeing Manny a vast majority of the time that they play the Dodgers.
And that may not be good for anybody trying to catch the runaway Dodgers without Manny until he returns July 3 in … of all places … San Diego.
2 comments:
Manny got caught. That's all there is to it. He has hurt the Dodgers by his actions. And to think he's the one who wanted to hold the Dodgers ransom with his contract. Manny, Manny, Manny!
Is it a coincidence or more that the Dodgers are 1-3 without Manny? Funny thing is that they are hitting great without him. What happened to the pitching? Can Manny pitch when he gets back?
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