Tim Busch has been a practicing attorney in Orange County for the past 35 years and is the founder of The Busch Firm, which specializes in high net-worth estate planning, real estate and business transactions, tax, and Religious Organization representation. Tim is also founder and CEO of Pacific Hospitality Group, LLC a hotel development and management company that owns and manages eight hotels, including the Doubletree Hotel at Irvine Spectrum, the Doubletree Hotel Santa Ana/Orange County Airport, the Crowne Plaza Resort near Disneyland the Meritage Resort and Spa at Napa, CA, and the Estancia La Jolla, the Balboa Bay Club and Resort in Newport Beach, CA and Bacara in Santa Barbara, CA. His original business is Busch’s Markets, a 15-store specialty grocery store, operating in Southeastern Michigan.
Tim recently wrote a piece for Fox News entitled: “Bud Light, Target, haven’t the Dodgers learned anything? As a sports team owner, I know better.” I am going to publish that in its entirety and then give you my take:
“Will the Los Angeles Dodgers ever be the same?
I doubt it. One of the most-storied sports brands in history is reeling. It’s the result of management’s foolish decision to invite an anti-Catholic hate group to an LGBT Pride night, then rescind the invitation after criticism from the right, only to re-invite the group after blowback from the left.
The flip-flopping wasn’t the Dodger’s biggest mistake. The real issue is that the baseball team waded into politics in the first place.
I say this as a minority owner of two professional sports teams, one in the United States and one in the United Kingdom. I encourage anyone in professional sports to avoid any involvement in politics, for the simple reason that sports teams aren’t political groups. We aren’t in the business of taking sides in a cause, telling some people they’re wrong while others are right, and wading into the most divisive issues of the day.
Just the opposite: We’re in the business of business, and we should stay that way. While the teams I co-own don’t always steer clear of politics, my message to the Dodgers and every sports team and business is still simple: This is a losing game that will cost you dearly for decades to come.
It baffles me that the Dodgers forgot this basic truth. I’m a Californian, so I love the Dodgers as much as anyone else. But my fondness for the team, built over nearly seven decades, never had anything to do with its political stands. I appreciated that the Dodgers built a good team, showed fans a good time and regularly competed for the highest honors in the game.
That’s the point of a sports team. Score points, please the fans, win trophies. Scoring political points is the last thing a team should ever do.
Yet that’s exactly what a small but vocal group of activists now wants. They demand that sports teams – and every business, for that matter – pick sides in our country’s culture wars. They want companies to take stands on everything from abortion to marriage to sexuality to changing children’s genders with invasive surgeries. I don’t doubt the sincerity of their beliefs. But I’m deeply confused why so many companies kowtow to these demands.
Imagine if the Dodgers had never held a Pride night, ever. Would some people have criticized the team? Absolutely. Would some media outlets have taken potshots at the team? Sure. And would some people have even boycotted the Dodgers? Probably.
But the team wouldn’t be in the pickle it is today. If it had avoided politics, a handful of people would have been upset. Instead, the team jumped in headfirst on one of the most divisive issues. Now legions of fans in the Los Angeles area and beyond are likely to boycott the team, especially in LA’s enormous Catholic community.
Budweiser learned the same thing when it threw its support behind transgenderism. Bud Light sales have plummeted. But they didn’t have to. All the company had to do was stay silent on something it had no right to talk about. It’s a beer company, for God’s sake, not an arm of the Democratic Party.
There’s no point enraging your fan base, especially when people can advocate for their favored political positions in the political process. That’s where politics belongs – in the voting booth, in candidate’s campaigns and in the persuasion that happens around kitchen tables and on social media.
We don’t need it in the dugout, the field, or the boardroom. Fans, sports teams and business leaders have other things to worry about. You know, like supporting the players, strengthening the team, and running a business.
The Dodgers have learned this lesson the hard way. Here’s my advice to them and every sports team, in every league. Don’t hold Pride night anymore. Don’t hoist a conservative flag on some other issue, either. Just stick to sports, which is the only reason people come to the stadium or turn on the game. If you don’t, a lot of them won’t come back or will change the channel.
The Dodgers earned what’s coming their way. ” –– Tim Busch, Fox News
I am going to take it a step further. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have no business being at Dodger Stadium, unless they want to pay to see a game, and neither does Black Heritage Night, LGBTQ+ Pride Night, or Christain Faith Day.
The LA Dodgers are a baseball team. They have built a vast number of inner-city baseball diamonds to help disadvantaged inner-city youth have access to baseball. Let’s celebrate that! Let’s celebrate baseball. Religion and politics divide us. Once the Dodgers have embraced any of that… they have lost. Let’s celebrate what joins us together… not what divides us. Rob Manfred started it by moving the All-Star Game from the ATL in what can only be called a Stupid Political Statement. As in Very Stupid!
The Dodgers have a lot to celebrate. They should focus on what brings people together… not what divides us. Baseball should be fun and should provide a release from what divides us. The Los Angeles Dodgers are supposed to be a baseball team, not a political or religious platform.
As a side note: On Monday Night, Clayton Kershaw called a “Player’s Only Meeting” presumably because he was not happy with the Dodger’s decision to have the Dudes of Perpetual Indulgence at Pride Night. Clayton said this: “I don’t agree with making fun of other people’s religions,” he said. “It has nothing to do with anything other than that. I just don’t think that, no matter what religion you are, you should make fun of somebody else’s religion. So that’s something that I definitely don’t agree with.”
I agree, but I take it a step further – None of these groups should have a place at the table. Problem solved!
Back to Dodger Baseball
- So much for thinking Alex Vesia got “fixed ” at OKC. Looks like the same old BP pitcher!
- Tony Gonsolin is a very Elite Starter.
- I remember earlier in the season when many here were predicting a decline for JDM. Well, he’s not ready and he has the final say. 11 HR/39 RBI/13 DBL/2 TRP/ .277 BA/.922 OPS. Pretty Dang Elite! Justin who?
- What makes Bobby Miller so good? His own words: “I’m really not scared of them out there.”
- Remember when I told you that “AJ Preller has the potential to really screw this up?” He’s incredible at it!
- The Dodgers are the class of the NL. The Dodgers really do not have to trade to get pitching, unless there are more injuries. I am personally not counting on May or Buehler… but the fact of the matter is that one or both could pitch this year!
- It looks like we may see Daniel Hudson in July. If healthy, that is huge!
- … and then the rest is s crapshoot. The Dodgers have Jimmy Nelson, Blake Treinen, JP Feyereisen, and Alex Reyes who may or may not be ready by season’s end. Maybe one or two?
- Thor goes tonight… how much more can we endure?
- Freddie Freeman for MVP! He is a machine!
- Luke Williams (former shiny object) is hitting .250 at OKC.
- Diego Cartaya is awakening from his hibernation. He was 2-5 last night with his 5th HR and 3 RBI. He is about ready to go over .200 for the year. It’s about time!
- Landon Knack got spanked for the first time this season: 4 IP/6 H/5 ER/4 BB/4 K – his ERA is up to 2.20.
- Great Lakes beat Beloit 20-0 as they missed an extra point! Everyone hit – even Jake Vogel!
So every day I read the recaps and they mention Freddie’s hit streak (now 19). But haven’t seen much about of JD’s streak. Now 14!!! Raised his average about 30 points. I guess second best is still second best.
A lot of athletes put their foot in their mouth when they comment about ‘real world’ issues. Kershaw stands out as a guy who always seems to say the sensible thing.
Fox News lol
Of course, you prefer CNN or BSNBC.
Give me a cogent logical argument against them… not cryptic sound bites.
I believe in debate not drive-by shootings by cowards!
Exactly. It doesn’t matter what organization presented the story, the person the story was about has the bonafides to be listened to. And I agree there shouldn’t be any of those nights set aside for organizations. Especially when we’re talking about that everyone passed the LGB are mentally ill. So yeah, maybe we should have morbidly obese night now too.
Cheers
I think morbidly obese night WOULD be a good business decision. Just think how much they would make in food sales.
Well shucks, you got me there! 🙂
Would have loved that when I weighed. 390. I remember going to a game in El Paso in the 70’s when they had 1.00 hot dog night. They sold out by the 6th inning.
But, they would not fit into seats.
OldBear48: Actually, it was $.10 hot dogs in El Paso. Go Diablos!
You have to understand, people like Johnny Gentle don’t do “cogent logical argument.” They really don’t care. You don’t have a cogent logical argument with a radical jihadist on why it’s ok to mock Muhammed.
SO true Patch, and they only post negative comments.
You are the coward Mark. By the way what happened to your site going away? I called it a few weeks ago when I said it would never happen. This is just you begging for attention. I’ve seen this movie before several times with you. Grow up.
You wanna see an actual coward?
https://twitter.com/thehazelmae/status/1663630417017094146?s=20
Simply because a person’s beliefs don’t perfectly align with yours does not make them a coward … unless you’re intolerant of another person’s beliefs. I think I’ll stand by my jihadist analogy.
Hey, hey, hey now! Don’t be a Richard cranium! Oops! Too late!
Kpizzle,
You are a total jackass if you think I am a coward. I mean dumbass!
Cowards back down! I don’t.
I am 70 and I will kick your ass. I promise! Time and place?
Let’s go you cowardly little B_____!!
I still invite Kpizzle to bitch slap me. That is something that hasn’t ever happened to me but we’d see who hit the ground.
JDM, 12 HR
Mookie,Freddie,,Will,JD, &muncy. Right now 1-5 is clicking! Vargas at 6 ain’t too bad either! A consistent right handed hitter in left field would make me so happy. Heyward, peralta, and Taylor haven’t been too bad lately. A starter is still at the top of needs right now. I’ve seen stromans name tossed around in the rumor mill. Too much $ and track record says pass! Rodriguez from Detroit, same. Shane beiber now that’s one I might say yes too. Hope the offense doesn’t sleep walk today! Might have to put a 10 spot up with syndergard pitching!
I would like to know why these events happen, and if they do anything for the teams relationship with city communities.
That said.
The team is not in a pickle.
One month after each event nobody will be discussing either.
Non-problem solved.
I agree Mark. Best not to get involved in politics. It has definitely hurt the Dodgers and some fans are trying to figure out how to react. They love the team, love baseball, but I read the posts on Facebook and you can see that many fans are conflicted. Why would the team put themselves in the middle of this mess?
No easy way out and no one should expect Stan Kasten to find a way out. He’s never been good at this. Best to keep him hidden and try to find a solution, but reversing their original stance makes this almost impossible.
All this goes back to Mark’s point, best to leave politics in another arena, far away from Dodger Stadium.
When will they ever learn?
“But I’m deeply confused why so many companies kowtow to these demands.”
He’s obviously an intelligent and accomplished man, but even he does not fully understand the cultural revolution we are currently in.
The people here are more knowledgeable about their history than most. Do you remember the Cultural Revolution in China in the 1960s? Do you remember what that was? Have you ever heard the expression, “struggle session.” In short, it was Mao Zedong implementing his vision of “Marxism with Chinese characteristics” on his population. All of the old, the traditional Chinese culture or any artifacts of traditional Chinese culture, were to be swept away; purged, by force and intimidation. You may have seen images of Chinese men or women up on a pedestal and harangued and humiliated and insulted until they capitulated and caved to the mob, uttered the right words and symbolically self-flagellated. It was a form of ritual humiliation to purge any independent thought they had, any vestigial bond they had to their previous cultural identity.
Cultural revolutions tend to do that. The French Revolution was similar. They even did away with the traditional calendar. Gone were years that started with the birth of Christ. 1792 became Year One … etc.
What you saw Anthony Bass of the Toronto Blue Jays do yesterday was a struggle session. He was pressured by his employer to publicly disavow his beliefs and apologize for them … to renounce what he believed. He was forced to choose a side in our cultural revolution, and to publicly humiliate himself. He didn’t have a choice. His life and his livelihood depended on him capitulating. He was still a coward. Nevertheless, it tells you were the real power is.
In case you didn’t notice, we are in a cultural revolution. It is Marxism with American characteristics, and it is being foisted on a majority of people who don’t want it, but don’t fully understand what it is and why it is happening.
It is a revolution from the top down, by a millennial and Zoomer age managerial class who have been inculcated with this stuff from colleges, which are now Woke seminaries. But it is also driven by the nexus of powerful financial, government and corporate entities. Corporations and startups now have to show compliance with our new religious orthodoxy through ESG scores – Environmental, Social, Governance. If you don’t tick off the mandatory social justice boxes: if you don’t have enough DEI administrators creating mandatory trainings for staff, or if you don’t devote a certain percentage of resources to the promotion of BLM or pride or social justice causes, you don’t get funding by these large financial institutions. It’s that simple.
James Lindsay does a deep dive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW9ZuApy9KU
Nature abhors a vacuum. Christianity is receding. People can’t live without religious shibboleths … so we have Wokism – Marxism with American characteristics – filling the breach, and they have even less moral compunction about forcing their will.
It is all deeply, deeply totalitarian. It is dystopic. It’s sad. I wish more people would read Orwell.
Lets stick to baseball
Unfortunately, David, the Dodgers and MLB have made this issue about baseball, and that is the sad part for the fans.
LOL Patch.
Well said, David.
The response I expected.
There are plenty of sites to debate that stuff. All you are doing is giving us a headache here when we come here for the OPPOSITE. Hopefully to forget about these problems and have fun with our passion for the team.
Again, this was brought on by the teams’ decision to go forward, and as a Dodger blog, Mark needs to address this issue as well as the team’s performance on the field.
Mark needs to do something on his blog.
Completely wrong.
Mark can do whatever something he wants on his blog. Mark can feel he has to do or write something. But he will never have to.
He can/could write about the City-Connect blogs, or the Dodgers insistence that Minor League instructors speak Spanish, or the history of the Dominican Academy and how that still pays dividends.
But he chose to post this silly thing, and here we are again.
The key point is it’s his blog.
I respect your opinion Bluto, but, it is a hot topic all over the Dodger world, and this is a Dodger blog
Where else is it a “hot topic” ? Not on any other blog I frequent. There’s maybe one thread on the Dodgers sub-reddit.
It’s “all over the Dodger world”
Then don’t read it. Scroll past. There’s actually a little rolly thing on your mouse that allows you to skim past those things on your computer screen that you’re not interested in. It’s quite an amazing little piece of technology.
I wouldn’t have posted it if weren’t a direct response to the Mark’s topic today, which he writes specifically as a prompt for further discussion. If you don’t like that discussion, bring it up with him, but remember it’s his effing blog.
Thank you Patch.
If you need it, you can re-read my posts and in your mind just say “he’s also writing this to Mark.”
I don’t even know what you’re saying here, Bluto (although I do detect the snark, which is tedious).
I actually copied this and sent in on to some friends. This is a good summary of what is going on in our country. I especially agree with the religious vacuum. I started out being upset that the site was talking about non-sports topics AGAIN but your summary was worth reading and sharing.
Outstanding post, Patch!
Interesting to see how those with no real answers reply.
1. Ignore the evidence/arguments and sneer at the sources.
2. Blame “extremists on both sides” when their own extremism is widespread and they choose outliers or outright fabrications as examples of extremism on the other side.
This is right up there with not standing during the National Anthem. No place in sports andI’m going to boycott that game. I’ve been a Dodger fan since they moved to LA., but this turns my stomach.
Perhaps I’ve simply lived to long. I’m not equipped with the understanding of why the topics are front page where I don’t even see how crap like this is even talked about. Is this what is important to college students at this moment in time? If so then death can’t be soon enough, at ;least for me. What a stupid tomorrow they promise. The dangers of being born after 2023 could make for a future stranger than anything. I thought the past had some very ugly chapters but the future is really scarry.
It’s on the front page, Quas because discourse is driven by the extremes right now.
Why talk about innovation, implications of fiscal policy, or energy policy when you can lament managers , retweet the public intellectual Treinen, or publish the 1618 project?!?!
I try to ignore the crazy extremes but posts like Marks keep it alive.
Stay in your lane, enjoy life.
Going to see the Loons tonight in Beloit near my home.
I’m glad Kershaw and Treinen spoke up on the topic. I’ll bet most of the other players agree but are afraid to speak.
Why do this to your players and your team. Simply unnecessary.
You can bet that there are some players in that locker room along with Kersh that feel the same way.
I was there to see Clayton pitch his first game in A.
We have a brand new stadium now. Such an awesome vibe there. Very relaxed. Didn’t get to see Rushing.
Religion and politics do not good bedfellows make. Quickest ways to start a fight. Baseball is supposed to be a release from the everyday stress of life. It is supposed to be fun. It is after all, a game. There should be no special nights for any groups. You look on the schedule and you see all sorts of groups getting recognition at a game. I believe in celebrating days that mean something to the country as a whole, not for individual groups. Or days celebrating the team’s icons. Stick to baseball and hot dogs, that is what you do best. One Star Wars night was enough. I mean how many times can you dress up as a Wookie and sit through 9 innings of baseball? That costume has to be uncomfortable. When I had a family and I went to the stadium with my children, we went to enjoy the game. Well, I did anyway, the girls were there for the peanuts and frozen malts. I would not take my kids to a game where a bunch of whacked out weirdos in nuns outfits with their faces painted like Kiss, would be in attendance. We had a saying in the trucking industry, KISS, keep it simple stupid. The Dodgers should adhere to that philosophy. Showcase your talent on the field, do not cater to any groups but your loyal fans.
Amen, Bear.
Things are so different than when I grew up in the 80’s. The only things that were controversial in society in the 80’s that you looked back at were the hippie woodstock people and the disco freaks. Before the hippie woodstock people you couldn’t find any weird people. Now practically everybody is a hippie and a freak and other weird things.
Try the anti-war movement in the late 60’s, and that was the era when the hippies began. I went to Haight-Ashbury in 1968 when I went through SF on my way home from Korea. Then it was all about make love, not war. Now it is about lifestyles, feeling like the government owes you something instead of you having to work for it. Hippies were all about peace. All this woke generation wants is to re-write history, promote hate groups, and try to make you think their way. Sorry, not happening. You only have to look at the government re-naming army bases in the US that had the names of Confederate generals. Bragg, Lee, Benning, all have changed their names. With more to come. Before the hippies in the late 50’s and early 60’s, you had the beatnik generation. Read bad poetry in little dives all over the US.
Yes that really pisses me off whoever it was that started this anti-confederate stuff.
Beatniks were similar to hippies. Practically the same thing.
You ever see a beatnik? Totally different cat. Trust me, not similar at all.
Really Eric?
In the 80s I lived through there were plenty of similar nonsensical concerns:
Wall Street and the “Greed” decade?
Ivan Boesky?
Russia and MAD?
Acid Rain?
Cocaine?
Japan taking over the world’s economy through microprocessors?
There was similar silliness, just fewer touchpoint.
I hear you I was just talking about weirdos and freaks.
I think you’re talking about economics and war. The cocaine people would be a good example but weren’t the cocaine people hiding what they were doing.
I didn’t run into any openly weirdo freakish cocaine people.
I still do!
* Geez Kirsten looked like she just rolled out of bed in her pre-game.
* I got through 5 1/2 innings with the Babbling D-Train before I threw my remote thru the TV. The comment that finally put me over the top was “it’s important not to give away outs in the Big Leagues.” I’ve also heard enough about his career and his whooper-dooper. I don’t care. The game looked fine while I listened to some nice jazz.
* Poor Vesia certainly made this game more interesting.
* I’m sold on the match up use of relief pitching and not guys assigned to innings. Big adjustment for my old school thinking. I love Phillips and like him as a closer. But using him to get out the meat of the order, regardless of the inning, is working.
* As discussed last week by Jayne Cobb, we can be feast of famine. It’s a feast right now with the top of our order. Nice to see and it and it better continue tonight as we get the Syndergaard experiment again. I was hoping it lines up so he pitches on June 16th so I don’t have to intentionally miss watching 2 games.
There is, if you have a subscription, a ludicrously great article on Dodgers’ prospect Maddox BRuns @TheAthletic. ($$$$$)
Amazing, insightful and well-written.
If you’re not too busy worrying about the collapse of the American Empire.
Excellent article in the Athletic. Thanks for the recommendation Bluto!
Good insights into Bruns and also the Dodger development process for pitchers.
The article even borrows a phrase from a famous blogger claiming Bruns’ development, “…is hardly a linear process!”
4:10 PM ET
Nationals (23-32) Last Place 9.0 GB
Dodgers (34-22) First Place 1.5GH
SP Patrick Corbin L
4-5 4.88 ERA 62.2IP 40K
SP Noah Syndergaard R
1-4 6.27 ERA 47.1IP 33K
Confirmed Lineup
RF Mookie Betts R
1B F. Freeman L
C Will Smith R
DH J. Martinez R
3B Max Muncy L
LF Chris Taylor R
2B M. Vargas R
SS Miguel Rojas R
CF T. Thompson R
Partly-cloudy-day
1% Precipitation
68° Wind 8 mph Out
Tuesday scores
Oklahoma City 7, Reno 0
Tulsa 9, Wichita 8
Great Lakes 20, Beloit 0
Inland Empire 11, Rancho Cucamonga 0
Wednesday schedule
4:35 p.m. PT: Great Lakes (Robbie Peto) at Beloit (Gabe Bierman)
5:05 p.m.: Oklahoma City (Robbie Erlin) vs. Reno (Konnor Pilkington)
5:05 p.m.: Tulsa (Kyle Hurt) at Wichita (Carlos Luna)
6:30 p.m.: Rancho Cucamonga (Peter Heubeck) vs. Inland Empire (Walbert Urena)
Next week (on June 5), the Arizona Complex League and Dominican Summer League start their seasons on Monday.
Josue DePaula is at Rancho he was 0 for 3 last night. Should be fun to see how does.
Thanks MT for sharing the article from Tim Busch. Very reasonable view in my opinion.
I am a huge fan of Clayton Kershaw and also appreciate his approach to the situation. I attended the last Christian faith night at Dodger stadium in 2019 and was very impressed with the testimony of Clayton and his wife Ellen. They have set up a foundation called Kershaw’s Challenge that provides services for many needy people of all faiths and backgrounds in LA, Texas, Africa and other places. The event in 2019 also had a few other Dodgers participate in a small postgame gathering including Kenley, AJ Pollock, and Turner Ward. It was totally optional and a few hundred people stayed well after the game to attend. I hope they continue the event in the future.
Let’s continue the hot hitting!!
Feel free to attack the website where this story was found as a few select will undoubtedly do so, but once again not a good look to alienate players. A players only meeting and now two players (CK and Treinen) vocalizing their disdain for a poor decision by the Dodger brass. Play baseball, just do baseball, entertain fans with baseball and competition.
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2023/05/31/dodgers-pitcher-blake-treinen-blasts-team-honoring-anti-catholic-drag-queens/
Fox News and Breitbart.
Not the broadest spectrum.
Treinen is the least surprising person to bristle. To me at least.
Not religious at all, but I respect others’ beliefs. Keep religion and politics out of sports. I saw firsthand what politics can do to sports. I was in Munich during the 72 Olympics when the terrorists killed the Israeli athletes. Lives taken over religious intolerance. Disgusting.
If you are inclined, read Jason Whitlock’s take:
https://www.theblaze.com/fearless/oped/whitlock-the-dodgers-anti-christian-indulgence-underscores-the-importance-of-america-first?utm_source=theblaze-breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20230531Trending-WhitlockDodgers&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%20TheBlaze%20Breaking%20News
He claims that the MLBPA has been asked to intervene.
My take on all of this is that Clayton Kershaw will retire as a Ranger… not a Dodger!
Wait.
Fox News, Breitbart and the Blaze.
Is this a joke?
I’m quoting directly:
The global economic agenda promoted by the World Economic Forum is the enemy of all Christ-centered religious faith.
Maybe Whitlock is Q and not that pig-farmer guy.
It’s not the source of the news story it’s the optics and poor decision making by the Dodgers and your inability to at least acknowledge baseball should be all about baseball. Instead you predictably question the news outlet reporting the players disdain as the story when it should be all about the players and the fans (aka consumers) disgust with the decision to allow the Sisters of the Perpetual Indulgence.
Baseball should be all about baseball. This story has “legs” and it will not go away easily or quietly as I believe you predicted.
Baseball is about baseball. This isn’t a discussion about baseball, it’s about two events organized by a baseball team.
THis story has legs? On Breitbart, FoxNews and Blaze?
Wanna bet this is a non-topic in 6 weeks? How far do those legs walk?
You won’t find coverage of this on most other media sources – the same ones who told you lies for 3 years about Russian Assets and denied that Biden’s Laptop was even a thing. So, yes, you will see that on the above conservative rags because the mainstream media refuses to cover it as they are in Lockstep. It’s not a giant conspiracy – it’s just that they all think the same way!
They all think the same way. That’s it!
Same if true for the far left outlets too. it’s not just Fox snd Breitbart. You won’t see Pod Save America or MSNBC cover stories about the good part of Youngkin.
Its fake outrage, echo chambers and performance.
Be better.
The left is not the same left as Walter Cronkite’s left. And the right is not the same as Ike’s right. Neither side represents the same sport. Both sides just a can of worms that fish wouldn’t bite on.
Whoever suggested LLynn, go check how he is doing today:
4in
8 hits
8 ER
3 HRs
having now a 6.55 era
Let’s see if Thor is not as bad.
That would be me, Whoops.
Do not watch or read any of that. The media is not my friend.
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Will someone please pull the plug on this Syndergaard “experiment?”
I generally like to focus on the positive.
Syndergaard is, by far, the most consistent pitcher on the Dodgers roster. You know exactly what you will get, each and every start.
Yep, inconsistency
I don’t agree. If Thor was inconsistent, he’d occasionally have a good start.
Inconsistent?? wow Bear, ..wow.
He has been consistently inconsistent.
No one can possibly be more Pollyanna than you. 🙂
Only ‘good’ result is that he lasted 5 innings
Oh brother, this pitchers are not good for my heart!
Ouch, that hurt. But them leaving runners on numerous times hurts just as much. Bazooka pitching more like a pop gun.
Just not enough good relievers.
Ok, a question. With a 0-2 count, how much of blame is throwing a slider in the middle of the plate? Bazooka and/or Smith
Pitcher hanging one in the middle of the plate, location, location, location.
Just got home to check the box score.
Rhetorical question – but why in hell do we still have Syndergaard, Vesia and Bickford still on the staff??
Because they are relatively healthy. Grove will be activated to start this weekend on Saturday against the Yankees. Syndergaard’s leash is very short now. Vesia at least got out of his jam. Bickford is here because of what he did last season. If Hudson and Reyes were healthy, they would probably not be here. I also think Bickford is out of options.
Great post by Mark and dodgerpatch.
The sisters are a hate group. That is not appropriate at Dodger Stadium. I have seen pictures of them and attendees of Pride Night. The children at Dodger Stadium should not be subjected to that. Me either.
I still have not forgotten Opening Day 2020. I didn’t appreciate the BLM display. A display glorifying a Marxist grifter group. Totally un American. Then it was topped off with our star player kneeling for the anthem. It was like he came into my living room and took a dump. I couldn’t watch for about 40 games after that.
Jackie Robinson Day. 100% for it. That’s relevant to baseball and the Dodgers.
The rest. No thank you. If I have any more politics jammed down my throat I will not be watching any more Dodgers games.
Totally agree
Nothing to see here, move on……Frank Drebin, Naked Gun….
`If anyone would have told me that we would only score 6 runs after 3 HR, 11 hits, 7 walks and 6 STOLEN BASES I would”ve told him to stop smoking that crap. He would then tell me that we left 11 men on and we were 3 for 14 with RISP. It wasn’t just the pitching that stunk which of course it did.
Why not just play a repeat of one of Syndergaard’s
other interviews after the game?
Why torture the guy. It’s painful to watch
Thor is mentally defeated. He knows it… He stated the truth. After today, one of two things will happen:
1. He will be sent to the bullpen; or
2. He will be released.
He’s not injured… well, maybe his psyche.
Losing games like this is very deflating to the average fan. But I have seen it so many times, especially when they do not take advantage of so many oppportunities.
Even if the Dodgers have not learned anything, I have. I have learned that Thor’s mighty hammer is really a memory. The guy has zero confidence out there.
As someone posted. He is our most consistent pitcher. Bad every outing. Are we so desperate to throw him out there one more time? And what’s the point of throwing him into the bullpen?? Hopefully DFA sooner than later.
He is not going to get another chance at least for now. Roberts was non commital
Who will take his place in the rotation, if it’s not him? It won’t be Stone.
Give Jackson a spot start before Urias comes back or go with Knack or Frasso for a couple starts.
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Knack and Frasso are not on the 40-Man so there is no way that happens.
What is most likely to happen is that the Dodgers have a couple of off days in the next 10 days, so they just skip Thor.