The End is Near

September 7, 2019

“The sky is falling!” “The Dodgers are doomed!” “Kershaw and Ryu are through!” “We can’t win with Jansen as the closer.” “Bellinger has regressed to the mean!” “I just hope that these die-hard Dodger “Homeys” are not fooled by all these wins, because the negatives will be more apparent as they get into the playoffs.” “I think that Colletti did just as good of job with way less money and…

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What Motivates Anyone?

August 25, 2019

I have lost my love for Football almost completely. The fact that it is a violent game that produces many devastating injuries is a big part of it. It started when my son was a Freshman in high school and won a State Championship. He was not a starter but was on the Scout Team and the seniors loved to beat on them like rented mules. He was 5′ 6′…

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Live and Die by the Cutter

August 24, 2019

Kenley Jansen has blown six saves and broken Dodger fans’ hearts more than that this year. We can analyze until we are paralyzed but in essence, his problem has been the overuse of his cutter, which is still good, but maybe not as good as it used to be. It’s also likely that the advanced hitting coaches are helping hitters “key in” on what he is throwing. Most Dodger fans…

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Let’s Talk Playoffs

August 8, 2019

Playoffs? It’s been a long week and it’s only Thursday. Sunday Night my wife and I took my daughter and son-in-law out for their anniversary. They live 3 hours away but came to Indy because he had neck surgery scheduled the next morning. Monday Morning I got up at 4 AM to meet my daughter at the hospital and sat with her until my son-in-law got out of surgery at…

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Andrew Friedman and the LAD Top 30 Prospect Lists

August 3, 2019

This is AF’s 5th full year, and hopefully he will continue for several more years.  He is human so he is prone to making mistakes, but never has he made an error without a very good reason for making a change.  Most of us may not have understood the decisions, but they were always made to help the team.  And I recognize and appreciate that it was a rhetorical statement,…

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The Will Smith Era

July 28, 2019

The Will Smith era has officially begun.  In his first game as the primary catcher for the LAD, he caught Clayton Kershaw.  There were no noticeable miscommunications between the two.  Kersh got off to a rough start, but settled in nicely for still another QS.  Offensively, you could not ask for a better game.  3-3 with 2 doubles, a HR, sac fly, and 6 RBIs.  This new offensive threat for…

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Random Thoughts

July 27, 2019

1. Dodgerpatch indicated that I was taking the criticism of Austin Barnes too personally.  Not true.  I would never take criticism alone personally.  What I take personally is the name calling.  A week ago I stated that Barnes had option(s) remaining and that he should be considered to be optioned to OKC, and bring up Will Smith to get better acclimated to the pitchers.  When the name calling started, I…

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Rant & Rave Friday

July 26, 2019

OK, you want to be “all in?” Let’s go dream: The Mets trade Yoenis Cespedes, Noah Syndegard and Edwin Diaz to the Dodgers for Keibert Ruiz, Tony Gonsolin, Ross Stripling and Joc Pederson. Maybe there is one more piece… It’s a salary dump for the Mets and the Dodgers save some prospects, including May in the deal. I really like Tony Gonsolin, but Dustin May is a player I would…

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The Plan of Succession

July 20, 2019

When the Dodgers acquired Jimmy Rollins, I was pretty vocal that Corey Seager was ready and there was no need for Rollins to be the “bridge” to Seager. I still think Corey was ready a year earlier, but FAZ made him wait… and it turned out OK. FAZ had a plan of succession. In the Spring of 2017, I pronounced Cody Bellinger ready for the Show, but FAZ sent him…

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WE Fickle Fans

July 19, 2019

I have been working on about ten different ideas for what to write, and none of them came to a cohesive blog post. Maybe this one will not as well. There has been a lot of speculation as to who the Dodgers may trade for and who they may be required to include in a trade. It is a huge climb from AAA to MLB, and yet we are ready…

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