Just Masterful: Vicente Padilla, Underachiever to Playoff Hero

The Los Angeles Dodgers completed a three game sweep against the favored St. Louis Cardinals in St. Louis today 5-1. Manny Ramirez finally busted loose with three hits, Andre Ethier smashed a long two run home run and was a single shy of a cycle, and Jonathan Broxton once again worked more than one inning to finish off the Cards.

The biggest star of the game however was pitcher Vicente Padilla. Padilla is now 5-0 with the Dodgers since being acquired on August 19 from the Texas Rangers and right now looks like the best midseason move among all remaining playoff teams.

This game in my opinion was a must win game for the Dodgers. Although Chris Carpe...

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