Road Woes

Any type of road woes in any sports is cured by winning. In spite of the Dodgers two game road winning streak, the Dodgers are tied for the second worst road record in baseball at 13-22. The Miami Marlins are the only team with a worse record at 11-27. The Dodgers got strong pitching from starters Zach Greinke yesterday and Chris Capuano today and some timely hitting in the 4-2 and 3-1 wins. The offense is still not there. Mark McGwire is the hitting coach and I was always curious about that choice. It has always been referred to as "the science of hitting" and a hitting coach has to have the ability to dissect a hitters swing and figure out what he can do to make the hitter comfortable and improve his swing. The principles might be the same but it is different for every player. Thinking and hitting do not go hand in hand. The Dodgers have been slumping across the board for just about the entire season with the exception of Yasiel Puig and I guess he has not been with the Dodgers long enough for the coaching to take his swing down yet.