I wrote a post on slow starts by the Dodgers, and while I did not predict there would be a slow start, history tells us to expect it. When the team got off to such a fast start (8-2), comments like “What slow start” were readily made. I indicated that I was happy with the fast first 10 games, but I also cautioned that it could not last because:
a) The hitting was amazingly good and clutch, and that can never last, and
b) There is not enough starting pitching or relievers to handle 43 games in the first 46 days.