Delivering Ken Feinberg Distinguished History Lecture on Sports and Society, Weiner Will Assert Bonds and Ramirez Just tip of Iceberg and Will Recommend Corrections AMHERST, Mass.

The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the National League West Saturday with a 5-0 win over Colorado. They scored all of their runs in the bottom of the seventh when Ronnie Belliard hit a pinch RBI single followed by Mark Loretta's pinch RBI double, Juan Pierre's RBI single, Matt Kemp's sacrifice fly and

Jim Thome hit a key two-run single Saturday, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-4 win over Pittsburgh and securing a post-season berth. LA Manager Joe Torre will make his 14th straight playoff appearance. Thome, acquired from the White Sox Aug.

Rafael Furcal hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth Thursday and the Los Angeles Dodgers, despite blowing a four-run lead, downed Washington 7-6. The Dodgers, who began the night with a five-game lead over Colorado atop the National League West, got an RBI single from Manny Ramirez and a three-run homer from Matt Kemp in the first inning. They spent the rest of the game trying to fight off the Nationals, who could not avoid losing for the 100th time this season. Washington forged a 6-6 tie in the sixth on RBI singles by Cristian Guzman and Willie Harris and the score remained deadlocked until Furcal's blast in the eighth. Washington reliever Ron Villone (4-6) retired the lead-off man in the eighth, but Furcal hit a 1-0 pitch out to right for his ninth homer of the season. That made a winner out of Ramon Troncoso (5-4).

Andre Ethier put Los Angeles ahead with a two-run homer in the fifth inning Monday and the Dodgers rolled to a 6-2 victory over Pittsburgh. Besides Ethier's career-best 29th homer this season the Dodgers got two RBI on a 3-for-4 performance by Orlando Hudson as Los Angeles won for the fifth time in seven games to hold a four-game lead over Colorado in the National League West. Winning starter Jon Garland (10-11) allowed just two runs on six hits and three walks through six innings.