July 9th, 2021 at 9:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka It is a saying as old as the game of baseball itself but very much still applies today:
“On any given day, any team can beat any other team in the game of baseball.”
There is certainly no greater proof of this than the just-concluded four-game series in which the National League East last-place Miami Marlins took three of four from the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers at LoanDepot Park in Miami.
The Dodgers rolled into Miami a half-game back of the NL West-leading San Francisco Giants with a golden opportunity to leave The Magic City as the new division leaders. In fact, while they were there, the Giants lost two straight. Unfortunately, and as we all painfully know, the Dodgers lost three of four to the lowly Fish and left Miami one full game behind the Giants; a missed opportunity if ever there was one.
– Justin Turner, after the Dodgers third straight loss to the Miami Marlins. (Courtesy of LA Dodgers)
Well, guess what? Beginning on Friday evening, the Dodgers open a three-game weekend series with the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium. Not only are the D-backs in last place in the NL West, but they also own the worst record in all of baseball at 25-64
In other words, they are the lowest-hanging fruit in the game right now.
HOWEVER:
“On any given day, any team can beat any other team in the game of baseball.”
…and, the D-backs have won 25 games.
That being said and given the incredible talent on the 2021 Dodgers team, they should enter the All-Star break having taken at least two of three from the snakes, and should actually have swept them. Anything less would, quite frankly, be inexcusable.
While the Dodgers should be dominating the worst team in baseball this weekend at Chavez Ravine, the Giants will play host to the NL East third-place (42-44) Washington Nationals for a weekend series at Max Muncy (Oracle) Park. And though the Dodgers have zero control over what happens up north, they most certainly are in control of their own destiny with the Diamondbacks and – yet again – have an excellent opportunity to emerge from the weekend atop the NL West.
The low-hanging fruit is ripe for the taking, Dodgers. Don’t Blow This One!
Play Ball!
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Well, before you know it, after losing three out of four to the Marlins they start off on the wrong foot with the D’backs.