What’s With All the Shortstops?

March 5, 2024

Unless you wear “blinders,” I am sure you already know where this is going and it pisses you off to no end. They say “The Truth Hurts.” But, THEY say a lot, don’t they? OK, just the facts ma’am, OK: This offseason, the Dodgers have added three shortstops to their systems, namely Trey Sweeney, Noah Miller, and most recently Andre Lipcius. Add in Joendry Vargas, who is now a SS,…

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We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

December 20, 2023

We know what we know – that’s the easy part, but what about what we don’t know about what we don’t know? That’s the hard part. So, let’s just stick with what we know or maybe think we know. Do you know something I don’t? She’s not in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame but has had a #1 hit every decade since 1965

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One For The Money

April 5, 2023

If you could pick just one player that you thought would help the Dodgers win another World Series, who would it be? For most Dodger fans I have talked to, and judging from the posts I have read, that player would be Shoei Ohtani. Ohtani is a front-line pitcher, and he is an MVP-caliber hitter. He would probably be the DH, but he also could play some outfield. I would…

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Statistics Are King!

February 5, 2023

Never doubt statistics. This is especially true when looking at minor-league players. You can always predict for a certainty how a player will perform in Major League Baseball by looking at what they did in the minor leagues. We don’t need scouts, GMs, Baseball America, or MLB Pipeline, and we don’t need any stinking Keith Law.. All we need are statistics. Statistics are King – they are God-like. Statistics will…

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The End of an Era Again

November 19, 2022

It’s always frustrating losing good, home-grown players to free agency especially when they’re well-liked and have put up huge numbers for the club.  Cody Bellinger meets this criteria for some and doesn’t for others.  He burst onto the scene in 2017 while arriving a year early by most accounts.  He didn’t disappoint.  He crushed 39 homers that year and on the way to winning the Rookie of the Year award,…

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9 Division Titles in 10 Years, Are Dodger Fans Spoiled?

September 20, 2022

In 2004, the first season under new owner Frank McCourt, the Dodgers won their first division title in 8 years. The 1995 Dodgers won the division after the strike was over in a shortened season. But they were ousted out of the playoffs in the NLDS. The new GM was Paul DePodesta, a strong advocate of analytics when teams were just starting to use that kind of data. He traded…

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Trea Turner is Going to Cost a Lot

July 15, 2022

A lot of Dodger fans have postulated that the Dodgers should “just extend Trea Turner” right about now, like “just push a button,” and he will be extended. If it were only that simple. I think that right about now, Trea Turner is the best SS in baseball. The Rangers signed Corey Seager for ten years at $325 Million, and the Mets signed Francisco Lindor for ten years and $341…

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Rants & Raves

January 31, 2022

I thought today would be a good day to bring back rants and raves… although there is not a lot to rave about. The MLB owners and the MLBPA are evidently intelligent enough to know that posturing in the media will not have a good effect on the fans. So we have seen very little of that… except by Robber Manfred in the beginning. “Shut up in the press and…

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Looking at the 2022 Season… If there is one!

December 19, 2021

I am not confident that we will see the 2022 Baseball Season start on time… or that there will even be a season. I am extremely confident that the players and owners are fully capable of “killing off this grand game of baseball.” When players like Max Scherzer are paid $43 Million a year and players like Julio Urias are paid $3.6 Million, baseball has a huge problem and it…

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Dodger Uniforms Through The Years

December 14, 2021

Most of us who have been Dodger fans for years have loved the classic look of the Dodger uniform. Next to the Yankee pinstripes, it is probably one of the more iconic uniforms in sports. Football uniforms and basketball uniforms have morphed a lot over the years, but baseball jerseys usually keep their team’s traditions. Even the Rams horns have changed drastically on the Rams helmets. The 1890’s version of…

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