Give Me Some Excitement

I would like for this years Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team to give me some excitement and I am not talking about the kind the bullpen gives when they come in in the 8th and 9th inning and blow a two or three run lead. Yesterday's 2-1 win against the San Diego Padres was just another ho hum performance. The Dodgers scored single runs in the first and second innings and then have to hold on for dear life against former Dodger Eric Stults who is the pitching equivalent of Bob Uecker. Stults came into the game with a record of 2-9 on the season with an ERA of around 6. The Dodgers managed to turn it into a pitching duel between Stults and Dodgers starter Hyun-Jin Ryu and luckily for the Dodgers, Ryu was up to the challenge as he only gave up one run in six innings, allowing only 4 hits. He improved to 9-3 on the season and dropped his ERA to 3.06. It was a typical Ryu performance. He gets the Dodgers to the 6th or 7th inning, has a high pitch count, and then has to turn the game over to the bullpen. This season turning it over to the bullpen has been like turning the ball over to the batting practice pitcher. Kenley Jansen did turn in his most dominate inning of the season, striking out the side in the 9th inning on 13 pitches for his 22nd Save. Yasiel Puig does provide some excitement but here lately it has been the various ways in which he can pull something, bruise something, or strain something and have to be removed from the game. I am issuing a call to Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier, Hanley Ramirez, and Adrian Gonzalez or anybody else with a bat in their hand.... Do something useful with it other than knock the dirt off your cleats!