"One member of the infield is an outfielder turned third baseman turned first baseman. Another, the shortstop, was a part-time outfielder only 16 months ago. The catcher began this season with fewer than 50 games of big-league experience under his chest protector, and the second baseman is a 27-year-old rookie who blows bubbles. The third baseman is young and raw, too, playing a position where so many before him have come and gone. Quickly. At various times during the season they have been collectively called The Babes of Summer or The Little Blue Bicycle, and their inexperience defies normal baseball criteria for judging a contender. There are games in which they hustle so hard they seem intent on getting the minimum out of the maximum, but after each pratfall these young Los Angeles Dodgers get up again, apparently stronger and wiser. And believing more firmly that they can withstand the oncoming crunch of Cincinnati's Big Red Machine to win the National League West."--William Leggett, Sports Illustrated, August 20, 1973. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1087681/index.htm