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L.A. flaw: the Dodgers have been built on pitching and defense since moving to Los Angeles, but not even this year's dominant staff can overcome baseball's worst offense. (Baseball).(Los Angeles Dodgers)
A Bay area writer starts to ask Dodgers manager Jim Tracy about his offense. Tracy cuts him off, knowing what's coming. "You're not impressed," Tracy says smiling.
Well, uh, no, Jim.
"Which part aren't you impressed by?" Tracy continues. The proper answer is, "EVERY PART OF IT, JIM. YOUR OFFENSE STINKS!" But the writer responds more evenly, saying, "Well, you're last in pretty much everything."
Last in the National League in runs, on-base percentage and slugging percentage. Last in the majors in homers, trailing even the Tigers, a team drawing rightful comparisons to baseball's legendary standard of incompetence, the 1962 Mets.
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