Much Ado About Manny

Scott Miller has some interesting things to say about the Dodgers over at CBS Sports, but the following line included in his piece has an all too familiar ring. Thanks to Diamond Notes for the link...

...but the Dodgers are in the same spot they were a year ago: thoroughly dependent on Manny Ramirez.

In actuality, the Dodgers, and their struggling offense, are much more dependent on their pitching to keep them in games than they are on Manny Ramirez. If the Dodger pitching staff wasn't, oh I don't know...THE BEST IN ALL OF BASEBALL, then yes, we might be more reliant on a player that could put big numbers up on the scoreboard. As it sits now however, I'm much more inclined to say that the Dodgers will only go as far as their pitching staff carries them, more so than a player like Manny Ramirez. But alas, much like Jon Miller, Joe Morgan, and Steve Phillips sadly exemplified during ESPN's recent Sunday night broadcast, all anyone outside of LA seems concerned about is Manny Ramirez.