The Freeway Series

The time has come upon us yet again. It's timeeeeeeeeeeee for L.A. Baseballlllllllllllllllllll. That's right the L.A. Dodgers are taking on the L.A. Angels, and by the looks of things, the Dodgers might as well give up their 'L.A.' title and hand it over to the Angels. I mean, I'm a Dodgers fan, but I see the light people.

The Dodgers have turned into one of the worst major-market franchises in sports. I can only think of the New York Knicks as a worse example of front-office floundering in a big market. The Angels changed their name to the absolutely ridiculous title of "The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim," in January of 2005, and they've been owning L.A. ever since.

The Dodgers have been constantly outplayed by their neighbors from the south. The Bums are 28-37 all-time against the Angels. They already lost the series in L.Anaheim, and with Chan Ho pitching tonight, expect to see a lot of GRAND play from the Angels.

The Dodgers are also a horrendous 18-42 in interleague play since 2005. GO BLUE! The worst part of this series for Dodgers' fans is that there is a coaching mismatch in this series. Mike Scioscia's Angels have always gotten the upper hand of Joe Torre's Yankees (even beating them twice in the post-season). Now that Torre has considerably less talent then he did in New York, the Dodgers have no chance!

Get this: In the last 11 meetings with this club, the Angels have gone 9-2 against "the real" L.A. team, outscoring their opposition from the north by an average of almost 4 runs a game. During those 11 games, the Dodgers also had a Rosie O'Donnell ERA of over 5.

The Angels have a team that can pretty much do everything that the mediocre sub .500 Dodgers cannot. Vlad impales the Dodgers whenever he sees them, and he's only hitting .424 this month.

Come on Vlad, it's not like the Dodgers passed you up in the Dominican while you were just a young boy, picking your older untalented brother instead! You have no basis to be upset Vlad!

That's JAKked Up: The Dodgers will bring back Wilton Guerrero to put a hit on Vlad. Rory Markus will attempt to stuff seven Dodger Dogs down Vin Scully's gut. Finally, Mike Scioscia will be held hostage by Tommy Lasorda who will then force him to watch the last great Dodgers moment. IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO PEOPLE!