We are the champions!

UPDATE: Click below for tonight's lineup.  Both Furcal and Kent are in, and they'll brush the dust off Eric Stults, who will start.  It's good to see all three on the field, though I wouldn't expect Kent or Furcal to play too much.  Ardoin in for Martin, which is certainly no surprise.

Okay, technically not "we."  I, for example, didn't do a damn thing this year, unless sitting around digging up fun YouTube clips and thinking of obscure pop culture references somehow adds to the win column.  But the Dodgers, well they've won themselves an NL West title by virtue of Arizona's 12-3 loss this afternoon in St. Louis.  It's not exactly the most exciting way to do it- players will know they're in the playoffs before many make it to the park- but I doubt anyone will complain.  At worst, it takes a little juice out of the postgame celebration. 

Besides, just because the Dodgers can't get party until later tonight doesn't mean you can't go somewhere, park the car, hand a buddy the keys, then buy up a bunch of champagne and start spraying away with abandon. 

Now it's a matter of waiting.  Having polished off Arizona, I would think most fans of the Blue will become, at least until Sunday afternoon, bandwagon members of the Mets Nation.  Should the Amazin's lose out to Milwaukee for the NL Wild Card, the Blue will head to Chicago to face Zambrano, Harden, and Dempster, along with their solid bullpen.  Not nearly as soft and chewy as anything New York or Philadelphia has to offer. 

AK will have more from the park later.

BK