Game 32: Dodgers vs Milwaukee Brewers 10:2

How sweet is it to sweep :) a not-so-bad Brewer team (less injured Ben Sheets, that's true).

Just a couple of offline thoughts after the game my wife reported to me via text messaging :)

(1) Dodgers leading the MLB in stolen bases? How cool is that! (with yesterday's three, they have stolen 35 bases in 40 attempts so far). I'm with all of you that are keen on pitcher-disruptive steal attempts to get things going and put some pressure on the opposing battery.

(2) Congratulations to Russell Martin on his first major league HR and several key defensive stops, which might have turned wild pitches.

"He listens really well and he absorbs the game,"
Sele said of Martin, his (former) catcher at Las Vegas.
"I yanked a slider eight feet outside, and he slid over
to block it. He's pretty impressive.
He's what you want out of a catcher."

(3) How to proceed with the Aaron Sele/ Odalis Perez situation to get the win-win outcome? As I wrote somewhere else: leave Perez as the only LHP starter on the team, make Sele a long reliever and move Franquelis Osoria (hate myself for syaing that) to Vegas for some more fine-tunning (btw, surprising how much the stint on the 51's is helping both Carter and Kuo - check their recent stats for first-hand info). Perez has a good track record against the Giants (his next start) and should be put (on purpose) in a position where he has to fight to regain his starting role on regular basis. At this point a combination of SP Perez and RP Sele seems more efficient team-wise than any other involving the two plus Osoria.

(4) Nice scoring binge for a change: we did not score only in the fourth and fifth. How much was it due to Ben Sheets being replaced with Bush as Brewer starting pitcher?

(5) With Monday off, the Dodgers and Jae Seo will entertain the Houston Astros and Andy Pettite Tuesday night. Houston is coming off three loses in a row against the Rockies. Can we take advantage of their skid, please?