I entered a few votes for Andre Ethier in the "last gasp" roster spot thing that MLB devised a few years ago. The deadline has passed, however, and my efforts were futile. Ethier isn't going to the All-Star Game, as deserving as he is. It doesn't matter. I knew he wasn't going to win anyway. This is 2011 and these are the Dodgers. Former Dodger Shane Victorino, who has been leading the "last gasp" vote since the beginning, won instead, just to continue the theme of How Can We Make This Week As Painful As Possible For This Random Dodger Fan? If you haven't been paying attention to the Dodgers' week -- and yes, you're forgiven -- then you probably don't know that the Dodgers, mired in last place, are doing their best to make this the most memorable bottom-dropped-out season in history. After losing an excruciating game against the Angels on Sunday, in which I was half-convinced that Chad Billingsley was going to off himself ...
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