Not even Tom Lasorda can stir these Dodgers

The ugliness piles up as the Dodgers limp to the playoffs, and the fans are left to wonder: Who are these guys?

Now you can wonder.

Now you can worry.

Bases loaded, Manny Ramirez, October pressure -- whiff.

Bases loaded, Randy Wolf, October heat -- fastball banged to the wall.

Say what you want about the playoffs already being clinched, about the West Division championship being just a formality, about the Dodgers still being the Dodgers.

If they keep disintegrating this way, soon they won't even be able to recognize themselves.

Already, the rest of us have no idea who they are.

The clinch collapse continued Friday night in front of friendly fans and a partied-out opponent, and if the Dodgers couldn't get it going on a night when a tearful Tom Lasorda gave a public pregame pep talk, when can they get it going?

Chavez Ravine rocked with boos, the offense rocked on its heels, Ramirez kept rocking into oblivion, and the Dodgers were rolled by the Colorado Rockies, 4-3

Yeah, it's getting that bad.

The Dodgers' losing streak with a magic number of one has now reached five games.

Their West Division lead over the Rockies is now one game with two remaining.

Even poor Lasorda is getting drowned out.

It was his 60th Dodger anniversary celebration, and he was in fine form before the game, exhorting the fans after being honored on the field.

"Show these guys how much you love 'em because we're gonna win tonight!" he said.

Um, Gibby? Bulldog? Anybody?

Nobody.

Despite clinching a playoff berth the previous afternoon, it was the Rockies who looked desperate.

Despite having a chance to clinch not only a division title but home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, it was the Dodgers who again looked as if they were wobbly from champagne.

Wolf was mostly inconsistent, five hits and four walks in five innings of not-great stuff from a playoff-opener pitcher.