Great win! In spite of Wolf's shaky start. No, scratch that, because of Wolf's shaky start.

Wolf was nowhere near having his best stuff, and neither was Carpenter. But Wolf sucked it up and got the outs, at least enough of them to hand it over to the more than capable bullpen. Meanwhile the Dodger offense did what it needed to do against a guy who doesn't normally give you that many opportunities. Would have been nice to have fewer men left on base, but you take what you can get against Carpenter. And I'm actually glad they never broke the game open, gave the 'pen a chance to pitch under pressure.

It's nice to see them handle that kind of "test your metal" game early on and so well. They were not playing at their peak, and yet they kept control of the game pretty well throughout.

The Dodgers and Cards set a post-season record for most men left on base in a nine-inning game with 30 (and it was only an 8-1/2 inning game).

And if I recall correctly, I think they also set a record for longest nine-inning game at just under four hours - though I am not sure if I heard that one correctly.

So is it too early to start thinking of Word Series Match ups?

Dodgers v Yankees: A must watch
Dodgers v Twins: Meh
Dodgers v Angels: All Cali would be cool
Dodgers v Redsox: It could come to blows in my house.

Unless the Athletics somehow end up back in the hunt, all four are in the "meh" camp for me.

Though I'll root for Rockies vs. Twins just because I like to watch network TV executives cry.

Bah! I won the right to buy pre-sale ticketsf for the NLCS this morning, but got distracted by packing for vacation and totally forgot. Ah well, the only game we might have been able to go to is on a Friday and isn't guaranteed to even be a night game. Guess we'll just wait until the World Series.

Well, that was painful to watch.

I still cannot understand why Torre would pull Wolf so quickly in the last series, yet leave Kershaw in for so long when he clearly couldn't find the strike zone. I understand the idea of giving him a little extra time to try and pull himself together, but that clearly wasn't happening. After walking two guys and Howard coming to the plate, you simply have to pull him before things get out of hand. And Elbert was warm in the pen. I love and trust Torre, but WTF???

Still, we did come out more aggressive than last year, and it was nice to see Manny plant one in Mannywood and Loney swing the bat well. But we also gave away home field advantage. I can only hope today turns out much better - that Padilla looks the same as he did in his last start and that Pedro chokes. It would also be nice to see Blake return to form.

He left Kershaw in an inning too long last series too and it almost cost them. It's weird.

Just one game, and one that they were competitive, the didn't look overmatched or anything. This one's got a long way to go.

A couple of comments from today's game:

It still counts! If you walk in the winning run, tough turkey. :p

Does anyone know why there was an entire blue section that was empty just off of home base?

Am I the only one that finds it a bit odd to have a large Casino add on the outfield wall given MLB's stance on betting?

Go Blue.

Off of what? I guess your Nationals, like desperate, sex starved teenagers, get there so seldom, you don't even remember what to call it.

How many points were scored?