Sunday, June 24, 2007 |
Devil Fishies Surprise Dodgers: Devil Rays 5, Dodgers 4
Purists (and, who knows, maybe even Don Zimmer) will no doubt argue that Brooklyn never had the borough name on their away uniforms. (Update: Al Yellon in the comments points out that the Dodgers did in fact have "Brooklyn" on the front of their road jerseys from 1939 to 1945, but that wasn't my point, and I should have been more precise. None of the Brooklyn clubs that Jackie Robinson played on [where the McCourt-era Dodgers first started this mistake, during Jackie Robinson Day] nor the 1955 squad that won it all used that uniform, so it is historically inaccurate.) This was not the first time this error has been made, but dishonoring the actual past strikes me as playing with fire. Regardless, the Dodgers stranded 15 and only managed to tie things up in the three-run sixth; but Randy Wolf gave it right back on a two-strike pitch to former Dodger Dioner Navarro, who hit his first homer of the year against his old team, and what a moment to do it.
As of yesterday, the Dodgers were all alone in the NL West, but thanks to this loss and a 6-1 Padres victory over the Red Sox and Arizona's 7-4 thumping of the O's, the Dodgers find themselves a half game back in the division. Well, that didn't last long.
Labels: devil rays, dodgers, recaps
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