After suffering two heartbreaking 2-1 losses, the Dodgers came back with more life offensively. This in large part should be credited to Manny Ramirez. On Saturday night, Manny hit a 2 run homer in the first inning and went 2-4. On Sunday, Manny put on a clinic and went 4-5, including three separate at bats in which he drove in runs. He had a double and a homer included. With Manny's addition, I've not felt as excited to see a Dodger come up to bat since Mike Piazza was around.
At this point, I'd put an unbiased opinion that the Dodgers have a better than 50-50 chance of winning the division. Currently, we are 1 game back from Arizona. I'd feel even more confident that we win the division if two things happened:
- Rafael Furcal came back from his back surgery sometime in September.
- Andre Ethier gets most of the playing time over Pierre (this won't happen).
