Ridiculous

This may be the only time I ever do this, but this article is in my opinion just dumb. I've been to San Diego before, I would move there in a heartbeat if given the opportunity.

San Diego is a town filled with losers

What a way to start out.

It's no wonder the people there are jealous of L.A., where all the winners reside.

Do you know these people are jealous of LA? Have you spoken with any of them?

DINKY TOWN DOWN SOUTH -- What a treat for the small-town losers in San Diego, the local yokels saddled with bad football and baseball teams again, but catching a break finally and getting a glimpse of the Los Angeles Dodgers as they move toward yet another World Series title.

I really don't think that there is a city called Dinky Town Down South in California, or anywhere in the United States. Bad football? The Chargers were 14-2 in 2006, and 11-5 and made it to the AFC Championship last season. Bad baseball? Yes, this season. They won the NL West in 2005 and 2006 and missed out on the playoffs last season by one awesome Matt Holliday slide.

Arizona is only 1.5 games behind the Dodgers. They can still lose the division or not even make the playoffs altogether.

No autographs, please, the boys are busy preparing for the first round of the playoffs against the Cubs, which explains why they really couldn't take the Padres seriously.

They can still lose the division.

As for Chargers fans, they are trying to decide if life is worth living, a question they seemingly have to contemplate every year.

This team was in the AFC Championship Game last year. What game was L.A.'s team in last season? They were 2 seconds away from starting the season 1-0, and lost to a very good Carolina team.

If only the yokels had what it takes to make it up north, and enjoy what the Dodgers, Angels, Lakers and Trojans have to offer. But I guess somebody has to live down here.

Can we say the Angels are a Los Angeles team? They play in Anaheim. L.A. also has the luxury of being in the No. 2 media market in the United States. 9 of the top 10 in that list have a team in all four of the major professional sports leagues.

As a result, everyone down here got the chance to watch their heroes fold, Carolina scoring on the last play, and the Chargers sport a worse winning percentage than the Padres, who are 32 games below. 500.

It was the first game of the season. The Chargers could still go 15-1, although most of us don't see that happening.

When everyone in the big city woke up Monday, the Dodgers and Angels were in first place.

Now let's see them win in the playoffs.

L.A. has USC, and San Diego has San Diego State, losers to Cal Poly SLO recently. L.A. has the Lakers, and San Diego still has the Clippers in their background.

San Diego has a minor league outfit in the Padres and Norv Turner as Chargers coach, while the Dodgers are managed by the great Joe Torre and the media.

L.A. has UCLA and USC. Great. Detroit doesn't have a college team in the city. Does that mean they're below San Diego? The Clippers poor play was the reason fans weren't going to the games in San Diego. Looking at the Clippers history since moving to L.A., it could be safe to say that San Diego was smart to get rid of them. That minor league outfit missed out on the playoffs by one game last season. They were in the World Series in 1998 playing against arguably the best Yankee team ever assembled. The Dodgers are being managed by Joe Torre and the media?

As for Monday, it really didn't matter what happened here. The Dodgers were due for a letdown, the Diamondbacks dead and matched against Giants sensation Tim Lincecum.

It's also probably a given the Dodgers will lose every game the rest of the way Greg Maddux pitches, although he finally did make the Padres winners.

Of course it mattered. We're in the middle of a division title race that will probably come down to the end of the season. Had the Diamondbacks won, they would have been half a game out of first.

The Diamondbacks are cooked, the Dodgers' magic number is 18 and soon they will be getting BradPenny, Rafael Furcal, Andruw Jones, Takashi Saito and Jeff Kent back -- making them favorites to win the World Series.

The Diamondbacks are cooked? 15 of their remaining 19 games are against teams under .500, including six games against San Francisco, and six games against Colorado. And even though the Dodgers probably have a easier schedule, I remind you of the Mets last season.

Before Penny went down he was 6-9 with a 4.42 ERA and a 1.591 WHIP. We don't know how well Furcal's back is going to be. Andruw Jones, seriously? .161/.261/.254. His OPS+ was 34. Takashi Saito can help. Jeff Kent is a great second baseman with experience but that in no way makes them favorites to win the World Series.

He then ends the article with stuff that is completely irrelevant to the beginning.

My point here? I really don't know. I've been waiting to try this out. It's fun.

Am I saying that the Dodgers won't win the division? Absoutely not. Just the content in this article was out of sorts.

For all I know, this could have been a sarcastic article. If it is, then I end up looking stupid, but please let me know.