Current state of the Dodgers: 12 losses in 13 games, 7 straight, including 6 straight losses to the Dbacks, scoring a total of 3 runs in 4 games this week; a 21 game lead in the NL West now down to 10 in  2 weeks. The manager, increasingly under attack for his lineup, and not only from me, feels the division title is secure. Of course, he's felt this way lately, which was why he put 4 weak bats in the lineup, and of course they lost.  Kershaw did not pitch well, but it would not have mattered.

In an attempt to breeze along in Sept and prepare for October, Dave Roberts has allowed his team to collapse. They are now 27-27 against NL playoff contenders. The one saving grace is that Corey Seager returns to action today, so we won't have to see Granderson batting 2nd, which was a terrible manager decision for a week.

One of the knocks on Don Mattingly as Dodger manager was that he was too passive, no killer instinct. Roberts has the instinct, but the blinders he wears might be worse.