In spite of all of the offensive talent that the Dodgers have, the Dodgers are only going to go as far as the starting pitching takes them. Chad Billingsley threw a one-hitter last night and lost 1-0. The Dodgers only mustered 4 hits against a pitcher and relievers I have barely heard of.
I honestly believe they have some offensive talent. Ethier, Kemp, and Loney all qualify as offensive talent although I will readily admit that Loney's hitting as been downright offensive to this point in the season. In his defense, he did hit his second double of the season last night.
Although the Dodgers teams of the early and mid-1960's are a little bit before my time, I heard my father talk about them enough to where I feel like I watched them. Those teams were pretty much pitching, defense, and alot of low scoring, one run games.
I believe this Dodger team will be comparable to those teams. I don't believe Kershaw and Billingsley will ever be compared to Koufax and Drysdale but the tough, one run games will make the comparisons valid. For that matter, Ted Lilly is no Claude Osteen either.
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