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MANNYWOOD -- He tapes a message from a fortune cookie above his Dodgers locker: "Don't look back -- Always look ahead."
Good thing Mike Scioscia isn't managing the Dodgers as they bathe again in champagne -- hopefully careful not to wash away any of the magic dust.
The fans here sat quietly through Game 1, as if posing for a painting in Wrigley Field, while the Cubs played dead.
He wins the game, enhancing his reputation as a big-game pitcher and setting himself up for a big contract as a free agent, and the first thing out of Derek Lowe's mouth: "I want a statue like Lima.
CHICAGO -- I'm waiting for luggage at O'Hare with Jim Belushi. We're both going to be at Wrigley Field tonight.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Baby steps. First, a division title in the worst division, but now can the Dodgers win two playoff games for the first time in 20 years?
SAN FRANCISCO -- For the last two months he has been the difference maker for the playoff-bound Dodgers as both hitter and clubhouse goof.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Derek Lowe!
Coming out of the mouth of the unflappable one, it just sounds so funny. "I'm a mess," Joe Torre says.
He's not only made an incredible impact on the Dodgers, getting MVP consideration after only 50 games, but consider what Manny Ramirez has meant to the kids at Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA.