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Will a five-day layoff cause the Dodgers any problems as they wait for a NLCS opponent? Steve Lyons discusses in this Dodgers Report.
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" Everybody I'm Steve Lyons with the Dodgers post season record. Before the largest crowd in Busch Stadium history the Dodgers closed out their division series with the Cardinals could have put an impressive three game sweep. Got to remember it was one years before the Dodgers won a playoff series and now they've won back to back playoff series against two of the toughest National League teams. In the past two seasons. The Cubs last year and now the Cardinals this year while they do it it came down to clutch hitting. Bottom line the Dodgers out of the Cardinals did not the Cardinals were four for 28 -- runners in scoring position inning game three alone. Every dodger runs scored. -- two outs. And Vincente Padilla was outstanding seven shutout innings and if you remember about ten days ago this dodger team wasn't sure what they were gonna do the they thought it was going to be a long man out of the -- they changed their mind they decided to make him a starter and he will be in the starting rotation. In the next series. The problem is now when you wrap up the series this early you have to wait around there's going to be five games five days now between the next game that the Dodgers play. That's a problem for baseball players they like a routine they like to play every day that's why you play a 162 games in a 182 days. But what really hurt the Dodgers when you think about it nobody was really on fire for this deep rough feel for Paul did a great job as a leadoff guy he had six hits. Boundary here at the two big home runs he was outstanding and Manny Ramirez finally heated up a little bit in game three with -- three hits so maybe the five days won't be that big a deal for a team that really hasn't hit their stride yet. Who they gonna play. We don't know right now but whoever it is is gonna have their hands full. I'm sea Lions and it's the post season Dodgers report."
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