Tonight, the Dodgers will start a new series after a day off. They are seven games below .500, six games behind the D’bags and Jints in last place, and looking up. No place else to go, right?

The good news? The Marlins are (statistically) worse than we are. So maybe we can make a little headway over this weekend. (I’ll miss Mother’s Day at the stadium. It’s been a tradition for quite some time, and the only day I can get Zach out to the ballpark with me.)

Da bums are back!?! I tawt I seen da last of dese joiks!

It wouldn’t hoit to win one once in a while, ya trolley-dodgin’ ninks!

Droppin’ tree straight to da snakes!?! Who da ya tink youse are? Da Pittsboig Buckos!

My sister brings home more guys dan youse, and she’s a flippin’ nun!

A whole new bloo, my aunt’s fannie! Just a whole new boo hoo hoo!

Dodgers shortstop Dee Gordon

I’ve decided not to watch the whole game, just focus on the fun stuff.

Wow! What a fifth inning that was! Dodgers offense hitting on all cylinders. In fact, that game had the highest hit total (15), the highest run total (9), and the highest run total in one inning (7) for Los Doyers all freaking year! Dee Gordon — just called up to replace the again-injured Hanley Ramirez — is hitting triples, stealing bases, scoring runs, just like he did last time they brought him up and everybody loved him.

Good to see the team, hitting into the gap, bringing guys home, high-fiving in the dugout.

We’ll just leave it at that.