Let There Be Baseball

June 6, 2020

In direct response to KP, dodgerrick, and others who have emailed me, you are correct that this is a baseball blog…specifically a Dodger baseball blog.  I try very hard to keep it topical, but let’s face it, there is not much baseball going on, and news from LAD is even more sparse.  I try to hold posts open for two to three days, but when I see the discussion move…

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Do Deep Teams Have an Advantage in a Short Season

May 7, 2020

Much has been said and written about the Dodgers depth and how that makes them a very dangerous team.  I do not think that there is a question (at least not for me), that the premier builder of the 40 man roster is Andrew Friedman.  During his tenure, over the last five years in a 162 game season, the Dodgers have 485 wins, more than any other team in MLB. …

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2021 LAD Free Agents

May 3, 2020

There has certainly been a lot of optimistic discussions going on throughout the Baseball World about the possibility of MLB in 2020.  I think most of us want to believe that there will be MLB this year, but have doubts in conjunction with those hopes.  There has been a lot of speculation as to how a season would play out.  How many games?  How many divisions?  What size roster?  How…

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R U Ready?

As I write this right about now, even the Haters have been forced to shut up. The Dodgers have been the best team in MLB over the past 5-years. They have a Top 3 Farm Systems and Major League Depth that is the envy of every other team. Many other team executives complain that “it’s just not fair” how the Dodgers operate their franchise.

April 26, 2020
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Game 1 of the 2020 Season

March 27, 2020

Game 1 is in the books.  Behind the solid pitching of Clayton Kershaw and a trio of relievers, the Dodgers shutout the Giants, and the Dodger batters crushed Johnny Cueto 15-0.  LAD fell short of their 8 home runs hit in last year’s opener, but they did manage 6, including a grand slam by Joc Pederson.  Corey Seager, Max Muncy, Cody Bellinger (2), and Will Smith all hit 4-baggers.  Besides…

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Andrew Friedman is Ruining Dodger Blogs

March 10, 2020

For years, Dodgers blogs have been a sacred place where Dodger fans went to lament their fate, cry in their beer, pontificate how bad the team, coaches, managers, general managers, and owners were, and generally write about how they could do a better job than whoever happened to be in charge. When Andrew Friedman was hired by the Dodgers as President of Baseball Operations, he was greeted with jeers, smears,…

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Will the Real Keibert Ruiz Please Step Up?

March 8, 2020

KayBear Ruiz was signed at the tender age of 16 for $140,000 on his birthday, July 20, 2014. In 2015, he hit .300 for the Dominican Dodgers at age 16. In 2016, he split time between Ogden and Arizona, hitting a combined .374 with a .412 OB%. He was still just 17. Before the 2017 season, and still just 18 years old, Ruiz was named the #20 prospect in the…

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My Thoughts on the Bullpen and Others

March 3, 2020

I have been away for a bit due to some unexpected personal family matters, but I have continued to read the blog everyday. Last week when Mark proclaimed, “This could not only be the best Dodger bullpen of All-Time, but it could also be one of the best in the game… maybe ever!”, many unsurprisingly jumped on that testament. I have been a huge critic of the bullpen makeup, and…

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Rowan and Martin

March 1, 2020

Abbreviated Spring Time Random Thoughts – by 2Demeter2 (aka/Rowan) I was hoping to finish my article on Alanna Rizzo this week, but I have been down and out with the flu and a cold for the past 4 days, feeling rather punkish.  So that article will have to wait for another day.   On the other hand, one of the “benefits” of being down and out was that I got to…

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