With 27 Games Left, The Numbers Are In Dodgers' Favor

Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports gave the Dodgers a quick shoutout today in saying that the team's statistics are overlooked: Care to guess where the Dodgers ranked in batting average? First, at .273. Care to guess where the Dodgers ranked in ERA? First, at 3.49. I'm not about to declare that Joe Torre will win one for the thumb in early November. But he could, and it's time we remind ourselves of that. Despite a 14-15 record in August, the Dodgers are a very good team with October experience and a genuine chance to win at least one more postseason series than it did last year. The Dodgers' batting and pitching statistics aside, this NL West title is effectively locked up for us. If the Dodgers perform as mediocre as they did in August, limping to a 13-14 record over the last 27, the second-place Rockies (with 28 games left) would have to go 19-9 (basically winning all of their remaining series) just to force a tie. It could happen, as it's the Rockies, who ...