Los Angeles Dodgers Midseason Report

Halfway through the 2009 season one can fairly say it has not played out the way most fans expected.

Manny Ramirez received a 50-game suspension for use of a banned substance, with steroid use believed to be involved, and the Dodgers remain in first place not only in the NL West, not only in the National League, but in all of baseball (as of June 28).

In addition to this, one of the Dodgers' best starters, Hiroki Kurdoda has missed significant time and has only pitched 36.2 innings.

All-Star catcher Russell Martin is batting an atrocious .246 with one home run and has a slugging percentage which stands at an anaemic .296.

To put that in perspective, Dodgers ace Chad Billingsley is slugging .259.

The major reason for the Dodgers' abi...

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