Nats clinch NL East behind the great Stephen Strasburg!

[Kingofalldems]

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Remember the lovely Met fans and their chant:

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[Still In Wisconsin]

1. The man is freaking amazing! n/t

[Brother Buzz]

2. And in the NL West race, once the juggernaut, The Dodgers are totally collapsing

The first-place Dodgers are in the midst of their worst losing skid in 25 years

The Dodgers are the first team this season to lose 10 in a row

The Los Angeles Dodgers lost again on Sunday, dropping their game against the Colorado Rockies by an 8-1 final.
The Dodgers have now lost 10 games in a row (and 14 of their last 15), and are just 1-10 in September overall. Of course, Los Angeles entered the month with a 91-41 record -- or on pace to win 112 games. That projection has dropped to 104 wins -- still impressive, albeit not potentially historic ... at least not in the way they had hoped.

Previously, the Dodgers had not lost 10 games in a row since 1992. That June, they were outscored by 24 runs. For reference, the Dodgers were outscored during this 10-game stretch by 42. In other words, this has been as poor a stretch for the Dodgers as they've suffered in the last quarter century.

The Dodgers will now head on the road. They'll play three games against the San Francisco Giants, three against the Washington Nationals, and four against the Philadelphia Phillies before returning to L.A. to wrap up their home schedule.
Rough stretch aside, the Dodgers still hold an 8 1/2-game lead over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League West.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/the-first-place-dodgers-are-in-the-midst-of-their-worst-losing-skid-in-25-years/

My magic 8-ball says the Dodger will win their division, but will cross the finish line on empty, and that's a Hell of a way to start post-season play.


Dusty Baker, it's your year
Go Nationals!

[Kingofalldems]

3. It all started when Larry King tweeted:

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[JonLP24]

4. lol

I wonder if the Dodgers are just coasting but in any case I'll be pulling for the Rock Show.

[StevieM]

6. It wrapped up with them losing 16 out of 17 games, but maybe it is over now.

Let's see how Kershaw can help them down the stretch.

[Brother Buzz]

7. They've got three tough games against the Nationals....

then the Dodgers have a cakewalk for the rest of the season: four game series against last place Phillies; three game series against last place Giants; two game series against the 'almost' last place Padres.

If they can't get it together and play .600 ball through the rest of the season they will be in trouble in the post-season play.

[StevieM]

8. Well, they won 2 out of 3 games. In Washington. That is pretty good.

It looks like their slump is over.

But, man, that was one awful slump. They went from playing like they would never lose again to playing like they would never win again.

[Brother Buzz]

9. Yes, but I heard Dusty Baker was sandbagging the Dodgers and....

is saving his good stuff for the National League playoffs.

Go Nationals!

[ProfessorGAC]

5. When Healthy, Strasburg is Nasty

I don't know how anybody hits that curve ball when his back and shoulder are feeling good. Even major leaguers.