(07-17-2018 12:54 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(07-17-2018 12:48 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(07-17-2018 12:43 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(07-17-2018 12:38 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(07-17-2018 12:34 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  I don't think this necessarily gives the Dodgers the division, but I do think it means the Giants have no chance of catching them.

I don't know. It doesn't make their schedule any easier. It doesn't cure the bullpen. It doesn't ensure health for Kershaw and the rotation.

But it improves the team. A team that is already 4 games up on the Giants, with a run differential that's 100 runs higher.

A team that doesn't see a bad team for a month after the Break, while the Giants see several.

I'm skeptical about the Giants ability to take advantage of that. You know I'm not a big believer in that stuff. If you're not playing well, you're not playing well. One advantage the Giants do have is their lack of trips outside of the Pacific time zone.

thing is, it can kind of work the other way. Remember a few years ago the Giants were going very well, and then had that 4 week stretch of playing nothing but great teams. Killed the Giants. Dodgers have something close to that coming up.