Underachievers All!
Three Stinkin’ Runs! 3! What a bunch of underachievers! That seems to be all the runs the Dodgers can get most nights. We have watched almost two months of this nonsense. Capuano wasn’t lights out,...
View ArticleA Twist of Positive
OK, I have been very negative about this team for quite some time and while I have been spot on, there is reason for hope. The only thing that worries me is that Ned will make one of his dope-fiend...
View ArticleI am not confident in this team…
But, with six wins in a row, I am hopeful. A week ago, the Dodgers were 12 games under .500. Now it’s six and I am hopeful. Just not confident! If they can reel off another six, maybe I’ll get that...
View ArticleThink about it people!
Games like yesterday build character! They also give a team confidence. Hanley Ramirez for MVP? Chase Utley will cost the Dodgers something like Zach Lee, Dee Gordon and Joc Pederson. Utley will be...
View ArticleMatt Garza anyone?
The Dodgers reportedly still have interest in Matt Garza of the Cubs. The question is: At what price? Garza is a very good pitcher – some regard him as a #2 or #3. With the Dodgers, he would...
View ArticleCarlos Marmol-aid and Lyin’ Braun
What a great game last night! This team is hitting on all 25 cylinders. Even Brandon League appears to offer hope. That would be outstanding if he could return to form. That’s the same as adding a...
View ArticleSix-Step Blueprint for a World Championship
By virtue of an incredible 40+ game stretch, the Dodgers are soundly entrenched in first place in the NL West and it is not likely (barring major injury) that any team can catch them. However, the...
View ArticleThe Junkyard Dogs are Back!
Last year, when the Dodgers got off to a fast start, it wasn’t like they had a big star, it was just a team effort by a bunch of junkyard dogs. Last year the junkyard dogs were Luis Cruz, Juan Rivera,...
View ArticleThis is a crazy game
I couldn’t help but observe the following last night: The Dodgers had only three extra-base hits and 15 singles to plate 13 runs. The Cards scored four runs but didn’t have an extra base hit. A Catcher...
View ArticleThe return of James Loney
James Loney 23 Doubles 10 HR 51 RBI .307 BA .355 OB% .805 OPS Adrian Gonzalez 22 Doubles 15 HR 69 RBI .293 BA .344 OB% .796 OPS That is the James Loney most of us expected. If he could have done that...
View ArticleDODGERS RECALL SCOTT VAN SLYKE; OPTION DEE GORDON TO TRIPLE-A ALBUQUERQUE
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers today recalled outfielder/first baseman Scott Van Slyke from Triple-A Albuquerque and optioned infielder Dee Gordon to Triple-A. Van Slyke, 27, will be making his...
View ArticleThese are REALLY Destiny’s Dodgers!
A few days ago I said: “The only thing that can stop the Dodgers from winning their first World Series since 1988 is catastrophic injury.” Turns out Las Vegas thinks so too and the Dodgers are now 5-1...
View ArticleHas the wild horse been broken?
Vin Scully calls Yasiel Puig a Wild Horse because you can never predict what he is going to do next. He will make you laugh and he will make you cry, but he has certainly brought life to a moribund...
View ArticleParting Shots
No longer junkyard dogs. That title was taken by the Cards and Red Sox. I told you months ago that Clayton Kershaw would get a contract around $300 million and most of you said I was crazy. How do...
View ArticleForget about Robinson Cano and David Price
If Stan Kasten is smart (and I am not certain how smart he is) he won’t even consider free agents like Robinson Cano or David Price and here’s why: The Dodgers currently have nearly $170,000,000 in...
View ArticleIs there a plan?
Mercifully, for Dodger fans, the World Series is over. At this juncture, I would be hard-pressed to say that the two teams in the series were not the best two organizations in baseball. They both...
View ArticleFall is in full swing
This is what my back yard looked like this morning… and most of the leaves are still in the trees. Maybe the wind will blow them toward my neighbors… Dodger Notes: So, Elian Herrera is now a Milwaukee...
View ArticlePut on your seat belts and let’s go outside the box… way outside!
When I first tell you this, you will want to vomit! I guarantee it, because that’s what happened to me when I first thought of it. So, without further ado, I am just going to spit (vomit) it out: The...
View ArticleThe future is now!
I hope the Dodgers are done in the free agent market and with all trades. They are set. It’s not an ideal lineup, but what lineup is? Those of you who want an All-Star at every position are either...
View ArticlePecota Loves the Dodgers
Of course, you all know that I put as much validity into PECOTA as you do in believing that I am a writer! Here’s who PECOTA says will be the TOP 15 players. Noticeably absent is Hanley Ramirez. As...
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