LOS ANGELES -- Sometimes, the learning curve comes straight at you.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, and catcher Carlos Ruiz, learned that one the hard way Friday night, losing a ninth-inning lead on what was technically ruled a wild pitch but actually was a Kenley Jansen cut fastball that tied up the club's new backstop. The Cubs won it 6-4 in 10 innings.
Jansen said he had to take the result as a man. Ruiz said he would have to work on his familiarity with Dodgers pitchers.
Yet all of it put the focus right back on Thursday's trade that sent longtime Dodgers catcher A.