LOS ANGELES -- Just a few days ago, Dan Szymborski wrote a post for ESPN Insiders explaining why the San Francisco Giants are "all but guaranteed" to win the National League West. It was perfectly well-reasoned, dispassionate and supported by baseball history.And though it was the extreme stance, it hardly was a departure from what most national baseball writers have had to say about the Los Angeles Dodgers, as they've visited the subject at various times over the past two and a half months.