LOS ANGELES -- Let's not pretend that losing out on Masahiro Tanaka isn't a legitimate blow to the Dodgers.He was their No. 1 target among free agent pitchers all along. They had scouted him extensively. They visited with him when he was in Los Angeles. They would have boarded a plane if he wanted to do the meeting in Tokyo -- or Sri Lanka or Timbuktu. They would have likely figured a way to get to the International Space Station if that was his appointed locale.