dodgerthoughts.baseballtoaster.com - 8/22/2008
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Why has the Dodgers' pursuit of Arizona felt like this?
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Gameday Thread, #127: 8/21 vs. Padres
AZ Snakepit —
... Our streak atop the division has been occasionally fragile - perhaps the closest was August 9th where, the Dodgers blew a 10th-inning lead that would have let them overtake us. But one stat [shamelessly stolen from Dodger Thoughts] explains why its unbroken. Since leaving second-place on April 5th, Arizona have woken up tied for first-place nine times. They are a remarkably clutch 9-0 in games played that day, having outscored our opponents 66-27 in those contests. ...
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