“Today was a good one. It was nice to win a big-league ball game.” Those are the words of a manager who can finally exhale after one of his team’s toughest stretches in recent memory.
The Dodgers were coming off of three straight losses (and 5 of their last 6), which left many wondering just how formidable this team really was. What was being talked about as the best Dodgers team ever suddenly looked… mortal. Even Reds slugger Jesse Winker had to remind his team that the Dodgers “were just men” after his leadoff home run on Tuesday evening.