Take a Trip on Joe Torre’s Pitching Carousel

Joe Torre needs to reconsider his bullpen usage before he has no arms left in October.

Torre has the Dodgers (31-15) keeping a steady pace ahead of the surging San Diego Padres. Even with the aid of a 10-game winning streak, the Padres (23-22) have only crept within 7 ½ games of the Dodgers.

The question by many has been if Los Angeles can hold their major league best record while Manny Ramirez remains suspended amidst steroid allegations. When Ramirez returns on July 3rd, however, the Dodgers may have worked their way into another issue of much deeper concern.

Torre went to the bullpen 5 times on Sunday afternoon in an attempt to outduel the Angels manager Mike Scioscia. The Dodgers ...

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