Your 2003 Dodgers 2009 Giants: Dodgers 9, Giants 1

I was reading the McCovey Chronicles' recap of Monday's game, containing this graf: So, yay, the Giants are contending for the wild card. THEY'RE JUST ONE GAME BACK OF A PLAYOFF SPOT, DIDN'T YOU HEAR? But I feel deceived right now. This isn't a playoff team; this isn't a playoff lineup. This is a fantastic pitching staff going to waste. It recalls the 2003 Dodgers and their unbelievable and historical reliance on the pitching staff. I haven't done the work yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if a similar effect is in operation with the Giants this year. As for yesterday's game itself, thanks to lousy AT&T coverage (possibly just in my section, we stopped having trouble once I got out of the park), I wasn't able to follow this one much while it was happening, but boy what a rout: the only Giants run came on a scoring Eugenio Velez ground out, while the Dodgers eventually spanked Joe Martinez, sending him to the showers before the fifth was ...