Dodgers third base coach Larry Bowa expressed his thoughts on his team today in an interview with a Philadelphia radio station. Here's some of what was said...

We have absolutely no offense. We're last in home runs, last in doubles, last in walks. I've never gone this long...teams go in slumps - there's no question - individuals go in slumps, but to see a team go into a slump from April until now....And I know a lot of that has to do with (Rafael) Furcal and (Juan) Pierre. I mean, those two guys sort of ignited us, and they've been out for a long time now, and (Brad) Penny's been out. We've had our share of injuries, but you know, that's still no excuse. You still have big league hitters, and we're just not getting it done.

We definitely could use a bat, and that might be something that might be going on right now because we have some arms that I'm not saying we want to give away, but I know one guy is a free agent after this year, and I don't think the Dodgers want to see him walk, and that's Derek Lowe, and he's been pitching as good as anybody in our rotation, so I'm sure there's a lot of talk going on because there is a concern for our offense right now. It's non-existent to this point.

We're definitely looking for a bat. We're looking for about three bats. We have some pitching to offer. I mean, we got this kid (Clayton) Kershaw who's probably going to be called up after the break who's 20 years old. He's a pretty good pitcher. He's going to be pretty good. Penny's going to be coming back off the list. I don't think you're going to get (Chad) Billingsley. I don't think you're going to get (Hiroki) Kuroda. But you know, I think the mindset of a general manager or an organization is that if you know - and I don't think it's 100 percent that Derek Lowe's going to go out and be a free agent and listen to everybody - is you'd much rather get a baseball player, a big league player back as opposed to getting draft picks, so I mean, I'm sure it's an option the Dodgers are looking into.

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