Dodgers Dugout: Dodgers make it hard to stay optimistic

Yasiel Puig wore special "Win for Vin" shoes Sunday. (Christian Petersen / AFP/Getty Images) Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell, and maybe the Dodgers should hire the Pep Boys to manage this team, because they have problems in the clutch.

Tough weekend

I keep trying to be optimistic about this team. They were 51-40 going into the break and looked like they were in command of at least a wild-card spot. They were opening the second half with three games against Arizona, the worst team in the NL West. So what do they do? Lose two of three. In the two losses, they were four for 26 with runners in scoring position, and stranded 25 runners. They are…