Rockies 2, Dodgers 1

Getting really old having to walk into that clubhouse every day and ask these guys why they can't generate any offense. We get tired of asking, and they get tired of being asked. Makes for a tense, uncomfortable environment for everyone involved, but it's beginning to look like it might go on for a while. This team seemed absolutely lifeless today. They were facing Aaron Cook, who is a legitimately good pitcher, but they also hit ONE BALL out of the infield in the first six innings, a two-out single by Blake DeWitt in the second inning. Something has to give, or this season is going to start circling the drain -- or at least it would be if the Diamondbacks weren't battling their own demons right now. They lost again, so the Dodgers stay within striking distance at 3 1/2 back, even though they are now 28-31 for the season (I think I erroneously wrote last night, both on this blog and in the paper, that they were 27-29). Of course, with this team, striking distance is a relative term. Once Jeff Baker homered off Clayton Kershaw in the second inning, giving the Rockies a 2-0 lead, that didn't feel much like striking distance for these Dodgers. ... Still nothing from the league office on possible suspensions for Matt Kemp/Yorvit Torrealba. Probably won't know until tomorrow at this point, as it's already way past closing time in Manhattan.