The beauty of baseball is that even in an otherwise miserable week we still got a memorable performance, with Clayton Kershaw providing the palate cleanser after a distasteful week.
First came manager Don Mattingly's return to Dodger Stadium, one that saw his Marlins win four times in four days, the first time the Marlins have ever swept the Dodgers in four games whether in Los Angeles or Miami.
Chief culprit for Miami was local product Giancarlo Stanton, who continued to torment the hometown team that did not draft him out of Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks in 2007.