Who's the Dodgers' Kobe?
It's easy to say who you want taking the last shot with the game on the line for the Lakers.
But who do you want in the same role for the Dodgers?
"Mr. Clutch" has been a bunch of Dodgers this season. The club is 8-1, by my count, in games decided in the winning team's last time up. The decisive blows have been struck by eight different hitters ...
April 1 vs. San Francisco: Delwyn Young doubles in the ninth inning.
April 6 at San Diego: Chin-lung Hu singles in the ninth.
April 25 vs. Colorado: Russell Martin hits a sacrifice fly in the 13th.
April 27 vs. Colorado: James Loney singles in the 10th.
April 29 at Florida: Jeff Kent singles in the ninth.
May 1 at Florida: Matt Kemp singles in the ninth.
May 14 at Milwaukee: Juan Pierre doubles in the ninth.
May 19 vs. Cincinnati: Blake DeWitt singles in the ninth.
The decisive runs have been less evenly spread around. Rafael Furcal has scored three, Andre Ethier two, Martin two.
About this blog
Kevin Modesti watches sports from a new angle since his promotion from sports columnist to sports editor for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. In his new blog, Modesti not only comments on the big sports stories of the moment-- he talks about what makes them big. Think of it as a conversation with readers about how these stories should be covered.
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