It's a state we'd all alter, but in any event, here's what Tony Jackson, Mark Saxon, Brian Kamenetzky and I had to say in our ESPNLosAngeles.com podcast about the Dodgers and Angels at (approximately) midseason.* * *Clayton Kershaw and Chad Billingsley have each outhit the batters they have faced this year. David Golebiewski of Fangraphs looks at the phenomenon.Mark Cuban's potential as a baseball owner is the subject of Jayson Stark's latest rumination at ESPN.com.Farewell, Peter Falk.