The Debacle

February 8, 2020

Anyone who has not been living under a rock knows about the Redsox – Dodger Trade Debacle. The Red Sox traded David Price and Mookie Betts to the Dodgers and paid half of Price’s salary, while the Dodgers sent Kenta Maeda to the Twins and the Twins were to send flamethrower Brusdar Graterol back to the Red Sox. In a separate move, the Dodgers will send Joc Pederson and Ross Stripling…

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Some Thoughts on the Trades

February 6, 2020

AC made a very interesting comment In his Feb 5th article when he mentioned that Joe Kelly and Andrew Friedman most likely already had discussed the sign-stealing of the 2018 Alex Cora Boston Red Sox team.   I have a hard time believing that the Dodgers would go forward with the Betts acquisition if they suspected a high level of malfeasance on his part.  On the other hand, it makes me…

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Is That BOLD Enough?

February 5, 2020

I was in the middle of a meeting with our outside CPA’s discussing tax strategies last night when a colleague busted in and told me the Dodgers just traded for Mookie and Price.  That is all he knew at the time.  Unsure who went in the deal.  He just knew that I wanted the Dodgers to get Mookie.  My meeting broke up shortly thereafter and I went back to my…

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What If Mookie Doesn’t Come to LA?

February 3, 2020

The Dodgers do not need Mookie Betts! Let me start by saying that. However, the NL West will not be a cakewalk. Colorado will likely be better than last year. The Padres and the D-Bags are also better. The Dodgers, most likely, will not run away with the NL West. However, the Dodger’s depth on the offensive and pitching side will prevail. That said, I would really, really love to…

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Some Pre-Spring Training Random Thoughts

February 2, 2020

A short Super Bowl Sunday, busy at work weekend, random thoughts post.  •      My last post was replaced by the tragic news of the death of Kobe Bryant, his daughter and the 7 others who lost their lives in the crash of the helicopter in Calabasas, California •      This is written on Saturday morning, and I wouldn’t mind at all if this post is replaced by one, announcing the happy…

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What’s Baseball Arbitration all About?

January 26, 2020

It’s not a subject that fans often pay any particular time or attention to, but starting next Monday (Feb. 3) arbitration hearings will begin for those arbitration-eligible players, who were unable to negotiate a contract with their team prior to the date to exchange salary figures.   The last time the Dodgers went to arbitration was in 2007 with Joe Beimel.  The last time the Dodgers went to arbitration with a…

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Conventional Wisdom Says…

January 13, 2020

It’s been said that baseball is one of the most “conservative” of all major sports.  Baseball players, managers, coaches, executives, and owners typically succumb to the notion that once a particular idea or system gains broad acceptance, it is almost impossible to change.  As one author stated: “Baseball’s ‘Conventional Wisdom’ is, at times, venerated as inviolable dogma akin to Holy Scripture.  Woe be unto the those unto ye heretics who…

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Cabin Fever Causes Insanity

January 11, 2020

Many bloggers and national sportswriters are suffering from severe cases of cabin fever which is akin to “seasonal affective Dodger disorder (SADD).” In case you don’t know what that is, here is an overview on SADD: Seasonal affective Dodger disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that’s related to the fictional failure of the Dodger front office to acquire all of the top free agents so that the already “stacked…

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Won’t Get Fooled Again!

January 9, 2020

It is highly doubtful that the Dodgers are done this off-season in trying to improve their roster, but let’s suppose this is it.  If the Dodgers make no further moves this off-season.  How will the season turn out? I say they still win the N.L. West by 7-8 games.  They finish the season with 96 wins.  They prepare for the postseason with a trade deadline deal to put them in…

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The Stuntmen

January 2, 2020

In 1988, the Dodgers won the World Series with a rag-tag bunch of bench players, junkyard dogs, and stuntmen, including Mickey Hatcher, Rick Dempsey, Mike Davis, Danny Heep, and Dave Anderson. The bench was important to the last world championship and I believe that this year’s bench is immensely better. Hey, these guys aren’t starters, but many of them would be starters on other teams. Due to arbitration and the…

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