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What a week for the Dodgers and baseball. I love this time of year because the trade deadline is just exciting. Nothing more to it. There is a hard deadline you can see coming and you always hope your team goes out and gets a star to help you make the playoffs. This year was no different, especially with Roy Halladay being the the star prize.

Now, I really didn’t know a lot about George Sherrill. I know he is well respected, and he brings a veteran presence to the bullpen. He certainly showed his stuff in his first game striking out the side. He certainly isn’t Roy Halladay though.

I really thought the Dodgers were going to get both Sherrill and Halladay. I still think the Dodgers need more starting pitching, so that is a huge question mark. This is especially true now that the Phillies got more pitching and the Cardinals got more bats. We’ll see. Truth be known the Dodgers aren’t killing with offense right now, so that needs to come around too to help the pitching.

Here’s a few more other random things from the week:

• Manny and David Ortiz were again linked to steroids. Funny how Manny said nothing, but Ortiz reacted with shock.  I just found an article that stated that the Union alerted Ortiz and Manny years ago about the test.  I guess David Ortiz forgot about that…
• The Dodgers certainly didn’t roll over the Cardinals this week.  That could be a problem in the playoffs.
• Saw Russell Martin essentially derail the Dodgers today against the Braves with errors. He is strong with the pitching staff, but he just doesn’t seem to have everything he did a few years ago.
• I was watching the game today and noticed that Andre Ethier is on fire again in front of Manny. I wonder if it is really seeing better pitching, or Andre just being stoked to have the chance to hit because Manny will probably drive him in.

Coming next, the Spy Game for this week.  The Dodgers didn’t do a lot this year, but the Giants certainly proved they are going for it this year.

What do you think – do you like Sherrill?  Are the Dodgers still short on starting pitching?