I kno its berly april but am doing score board watching already

So i guess that the Dbacks are a pretender since they lost 2of three to the AAA team that we swept.

The Pirates have now defeated the defending NL East and NL West champs 4 out of 6, but their losses to the Dodgers are tainted because they're a AAAA team? Now I get it! :)

Or we are justva better team than most people say

James......

Apparently that is what "experts" are saying about the Dodgers. It doesn't matter that they were 9-2 since those victories came against the Bucks and Pads.

I think we are somewhere in the middle Tito but what makes us good is that the players believe they are the best. That swagger had been missing for a long time.

Through 12 games:

W L PCT GB
LA Dodgers 9 3 .750 -
Arizona 7 5 .583 2.0
Colorado 6 6 .500 3.0
San Francisco 6 6 .500 3.0
San Diego 3 10 .231 6.5

Bad night here in the Bay Area for us Dodger fans. Dodgers lose and Giants come back and win in the 11th. Can't even bear to watch the sports wrap up tonight. Oh well, there is always tomorrow.

Must win for us today

Psychologically I agree. Dodgers must show they can beat a good team early in the season.

Yup. We also don't want bad momentum going into a series we should win (Houston).

We must win series we lost the mil. Series so we have to bounce back and win the houston one

I have to say I like this thread. Useful for NL West discussions

Is it getting worse each year, where some people start to feel concerned about the standings this early into the season? I don't recall people giving up on players this early either, or is it just me?

I always looked at the season in 3 phases of about 2 months each, give or take a week here or there, where phase 1 is to evaluate the team and players, and let guys settle into the season and their roles (unless guys are really tanking after a few weeks). Phase 2 - in the summer - is where the team starts to make adjustment, starts to move players, and making the team better. Then phase 3 is where you want the team to really get rolling into the post-season. But it seems now-a-days, the season is divided into 162 phases.

I thought, at least, people would wait until May before they start calling for people's heads. It must just be me. I can't see anyone having the patience in this day and age to wait a whole month before evaluating the team.

True. I like the way you are seeing the season. People shouldn't overreact early.

But each games count. Give away games early in the season can really cost you.

The Milwaukee series was almost like a playoff atmosphere. But maybe it was just me. Really got into those games. Every game was a thriller and i didn't think the Dodgers lost the first two as much as Milwaukee won them. This was baseball at its best, even the controversial plays. The Dodgers looked like a team with with a will to win. Just hope this excitement continues until Nvember.

"I have to say I like this thread. Useful for NL West discussions"

Thanks Yano!

I figured I'd post the standings early on and update it from time to time while we all discuss the division moves and such throughout the year.

I agree. I remember years ago when the Dodgers lost the Division Championship to the Padres, even though their records were the same, I always remember a game in late May vs. the Pads where the Dodgers were up by 5 in the 9th, and Little let Lance Carter (i think it was him) lose the lead. The Dodgers lost the game in extra innings. A game like that, we often think, "Well, it's only May, so it's really not important", but that game would hav given us the Division.

But, at the same time, a manager has to let the team lose games in order for him to find out what he has in his players. It's a tough situation, either way.