No need to get all worked up about the Dodgers’ ongoing futility against the League’s worst teams; they‘re not. To a man, not one either said or seemed the least bit vexed by a 4th straight loss, the latest, a one hit shutout, which once again, kept them from realizing the first of their goals, win the division. How does it look now that they chose to shun celebrating making the postseason back on Saturday, saying they’d wait until their real aspiration, winning the West, was realized. Now, today, the Rockies are celebrating, while still having a shot at stealing the division title from L.A. To a man, and to a manager, they all tell me the fact that they’re in the postseason, and don’t HAVE to win on a given night, has had no affect on their lackadaisical, uninspired play, especially on the offensive end. Who knows what happens next week, but who would you rather be right now, a Rockies team on a roll, that needing to win EVERY night, did; or a lethargic lumbering Los Angeles squad, unable to put away teams at the opposite end of the league?! Remarkably, the Dodgers still have the best record, barely, and will host games 1 and 2 next Wednesday and Thursday against either St. Louis or Philadelphia. But now even that’s up in the air. Jon Garland, after throwing batting practice for the Padres last night, said home field and winning the division aren’t all that important, or even an issue, “you’ve got to win on the road to win a playoff anyhow, so we’re really not concerned about it.“ Well, that’s obvious,(that they’re not concerned about it), but home field can be extremely influential in the postseason, and it’s certainly a reward for your fans, and makes it easier to advance. I really can’t believe the nonchalance and blaze’ attitude and demeanor the club has towards this empty ending If I, or most of my teammates on an intramural team, or co-ed softball team, played this poorly, against the worst teams in the league, even if we knew we were the top seed in the upcoming tournament, there’d be lots of screaming, and/or throwing of equipment. I looked around the clubhouse, and save for Larry Bowa, there’s not only no other coach or player I see, reading the group the riot act heading into its legacy defining games, the only one I can even picture doing it would be Casey Blake, and who knows when he’ll be able to play again. Maybe Manny is the heart and soul of this team…a loss, another hitless game, more sloppy defense and base running, more being out hustled and over passioned by teams eliminated since the All-Star break….no problem. “That’s baseball.” As Orlando Hudson explained how the final off day of the regular season will be spent, with a chance to clinch if the Rockies lost…“I’ll be watching Lifetime, I‘m quite sure someone will text me sooner or later if they won or not.‘ It just seems upside down and wrong to me, that you or I are more interested in what Colorado did, and why the Dodgers have hit the skids, or can win the West…than they are.