Dodgers: Fragile, Handle With Care

Everything was flowing for the Dodgers Thursday night, on the road against the Philadelphia Phillies.  SP Derek Lowe was pitching a gem against ace Cole Hamels. Up 2-0 heading into the bottom of the 6th inning when BOOM, a routing grounder to ss Rafael Furcal, fielded cleanly, thrown 200 feet off the 1st base bag. Next batter Chase Utley and bye bye lead, 2-run CRUSH, tie game. Two batters later, solo shot by $14 million a year man himself, Pat Burrell.  Goodbye momentum, goodby delusions of stealing game 1, goodbye series?  Maybe I’m jumping to conclusions but this was huge.  The Dodgers had this one in the bag.  Stifling the Phillies, on their way to the World Series. Stupid Furcal.  Routine play. And how fragile are pitchers these days?  He’s a ground ball pitcher.  So your infield f-ed up the play.  Suck it up, shake it off and get the next guy out.  Talk about a glass jaw. Maybe I’m not giving the Dodgers any credit but they looked unstoppable against the Cubs and up until the 6th inning, seemed to the Phillies’ number.  Game 2 will be bigger than big.  Let’s see if Chad Billingsley can bring it home for the Dodgers. Maybe Rafael Furcal will redeem himself by getting on base? Maybe the call needs to be put into the mafia so we can all watch a Red Sox vs. Manny Dodgers World Series.  I’m on the phone right now.