The dreaded Barry Bonds on deck.
Bonds at the plate during Thursday's game which the Giants won 5-4.
In terms of intensity of a sports rivalry, the Giants vs. Dodgers is the biggest one with the exception of Yankees vs. Red Sox.
While the Boston vs. New York contests usually has post-season implications, the Los Angeles vs. San Francisco hasn't had that added dimension.
This year the Wild Wild NL West has all the teams bunched up around the 0.500 mark, every divisional game will be hotly contested.
On Thursday, the Dodgers spotted the Giants a 5-0 lead after 2 1/2 innings. The Dodgers trimmed it to 5-2 in the bottom of the third. 5-3 after 5 innings and 5-4 after 7 innings. Unfortunately, the Dodgers went down 1-2-3 in the eighth and ninth innings. Though the Dodgers lost, they gave it a good effort and it was a beautiful night at Chavez Ravine.
I caught the last few innings of Friday nights game on KFWB radio. The Dodgers won 9-7!
Once again, the Dodger starting pitching (Hendrickson on Thursday and Billingsley on Friday) gave up the bulk of the runs. But the relievers held the Giants back in both games and the Dodger bats this time got enough runs to get them to victory.
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