And a good win yesterday. Shaky pitching, got behind early, but ground it out and took the win. And what an asset having Nomar as a utility man is!

Compared to Arizona that has looked anemic for almost 2 weeks. Yeah, things changed on a dime (and may very well again, though things definitely look to be in the Dodgers favor).

Of course, whichever of the two make the playoffs, they're going to have their work cut out. They'll be playing a tough team in the first round that does NOT want to go out to a team that's barely hovered at .500 all season.

Starting today, the Magic Number was 1.

Spoilerized in case GD is planning on watching games tonight via TiVo:

I've been following online.

I've got my division series tickets.

Tonight's game should be interesting. I expect there to be a very interesting starting lineup, or at the very least a lot of early substitutions. From here on out, the last 4 regular season games don't mean anything for the Dodgers, time to rest the weary and get the bench players some looks at pitches.

I also expect Greg Maddux to be pitching at the fastest pace of his career. They're gonig to want to get in that locker room and break out the champagne ASAP.

Game Day Live is SO FREAKING COOL!!!

What's weird is that every once in a while when I go to a team's mlb site, it pops up the MLBtv video feed. I don't know what triggers it, but I ain't complaining.

The D-Backs site had that when I went there, but it was about an inning behind the actual game.

This sucks. The game is at 3:30 today. I've set the TiVo to record it. But I've got to make it to the end of the work day AND through a night of pool league at a bar without having it spoiled. My chances are slim.

GD, do you think it will be a Freeway Series this year?

I'm hoping for Dodgers, Red Sox. It'd be awesome for Manny to take down the team he spurned.

I'd be on board for Dodgers - Red Sox.

Oh, and we get the game at 6:35pm. Much easier to make it home in time. :D