The ups and downs of being a Dodger Fan!

It has been a really rough roller coaster ride for us Dodger Fans this past season.

I am not even close to getting over last year’s distastes seventh game of the ‘world series’, which I still hold Dave Roberts accountable for since he is the one that decided to play Yu Davish instead of ANYONE else especially after Davish have cause the loss in the second game and even after that the game he should be pulled out sooner than what he was. But that last year.

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I assumed that the rough start to this past season was due to the Dodgers not being fully recovered over the loss of the World Series. And it was a difficult start for the Dodgers, with only 12 wins and a whopping 16 losses in the months of March and April.

And the roller-coast ride began.

The month of May was not much better for the Dodgers, with 14 wins and 14 losses. We also saw several pitchers and players hit the DL list. Such injuries as Kershaw going down again and as well as Hill having to take a few days off due to a blister. Kershaw’s injury put him on the side lines until late June.

The good news is that for the month of June we saw a glimmer of our former Dodgers start to emerge. The Dodgers had 17 wins and only 9 losses. The Boys in blue might be back, and that was great! It was once again fun to see them play; they seemed happier, more in tune with playing as a team and they were winning!

Just before the ‘All Star ‘ break, the Dodgers were riding high, out of a total of 14 games before the break, they had managed to win 10 of them . July 2 the Dodgers played the Pirates and the dodgers didn’t just win they WON big with the final score of 17-1. The Dodgers continued their winning ways even after the break.

The Dodgers finally were making a run for first place in their division. The Arizona Cardinals and the Colorado Rockies were their only threat.

Then came August, not the best month for the boys in blue, once again they slipped down the rankings.
The Dodgers only got 14 wins and suffered 13 losses. What was funny was that every so many games the Dodgers just blew the other team out of the water.

On August 2, against the Braves with Kershaw pitching, they scored a team record of 21 runs, but then on August 4, against the Astros, with Maeda pitching, the Dodgers lost and lost big, the score was Dodgers zero and the Astros 14.

The whole month of August was filled with games that showed the Dodgers do know how to hit, get on base and even string the hits together and score runs. The month also showed that the team was loaded with really good pitchers.

Then you have the other games in August that showed major flaws and weakness in the way the game was being structure, especially in base running. Have to wonder is the players making the judgment calls and choosing wrong, or do you blame the manager, Dave Roberts.

The month of September has brought the whole ‘roller coaster ride’ to both its highest point, then straight down to the lowest. September saw the downfall of the Arizona Cardinals, and the Dodgers sweep the Colorado Rockies to assume ‘First Place’.

But we also saw the Dodgers slip back into second place with two losses to the third place team, the Cardinals.

As the Dodgers closed out the final 3 games of the 2018 season, they are still in second place and were trying to secure a playoff spot as the National league Wild Card team.

Much to the delight of a whole lot of Dodger Fans, the Dodgers actually managed to tie the Rockies for First Place in the National West Division. Which would call for a sudden death game, the winner takes the division and the loser takes the wild card.

We all held our breathe as the Rockies played the Dodgers at the Dodger Stadium on October 1 to see who would enter the playoffs as the division leader or as a wild card team, and we all celebrated the Dodgers easy win over the Rockies to move on in the playoffs.

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October 2, the Rockies played the Chicago Cubs as the two wild card teams for the National League, battling it out to see who moves on in the MLB Playoffs. The Rockies managed to beat the Cubs 3 to 2, but it took 10 innings to do it.

Check out this link to see the full schedule of playoff games,
www.espn.com/mlb/story

Want to wish the Dodgers all the luck as they take on the Milwaukee Brewers, October 4.

Hopefully we will see them once again make it all the way to the World Series and this time win. Go Blue, Go Dodgers! www.dodgers.com

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