There are certain inevitabilities in life: death, taxes and the Los Angeles Dodgers doing sudden battle with a glut of injuries. The key names on the shelf currently include Hyun-Jin Ryu, Juan Uribe, Hanley Ramirez and Josh Beckett, which makes the absence of a lower profile dude such as Paul Maholm feel even more pronounced. As such, some will be tempted to regard this 70-win team as suddenly vulnerable, particularly after consecutive losses to the Milwaukee Brewers and a 10-game stretch of just .