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.

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  • 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.