I happen to like hitters who have good bat-to-ball skills. I was reminded yesterday that I championed Andy LaRoche to be a star years ago, and it never happened. Yes, I missed that big time. Subsequent to that, I have been an advocate of Alex Verdugo, Keibert Ruiz, and Miguel Vargas. They all have excellent bat-to-ball skills in common. Of course, Verdugo and Ruiz have been traded away, but I…
Whenever a statement can be debated, whenever the observations or assessments are laced with personal interpretations and not based on facts, then we can say that the statement is subjective in nature. Objective means making an unbiased, balanced observation based on facts that can be verified. A statement or assessment is said to be objective when it can be verified and it does not have any interpretations based on the…
I keep hearing that it’s not the Dodgers, and I am also convinced that most fans would not be happy unless there was a first-team All-Star in every position. Early in the season, just about everyone was saying to get rid of Alex Vesia and Michael Grove. Well, how did that work out? Eat that crow, Baby! Many of you wanted to get rid of Evan Phillips, who had his…
That’s what Dodger fans always do. Anytime the boys in blue lose a game, we see so many knee-jerk reactions that one would think knee-jerking is an Olympic Sport; right up there with jumping to conclusions! I guess that one of the silliest things I have heard is to criticize the bullpen, which happens to be #3 in all of MLB. Cleveland is #1 with a 2.38 ERA. The Yankees…
I realize that in your tenure as President of Dodger baseball, the LA Dodgers have the best winning percentage of any MLB team and that the organization is the envy of all other teams. In short, the Dodgers are the model organization. I understand that and am even amazed at the fact that even though the Dodgers draft near the bottom every year, the farm system is one of the…
It seems that a large number of Dodger fans are seemingly enraged when Austin Barnes catches. Yes, he is no Will Smith. “Will Smith is an All-Star who hits and throws out baserunners.” They go berserk whenever Will Smith is not in the lineup. In their minds, every time that Dave Roberts makes out a lineup card with Austin Barnes’ name on it, they assume that the Dodgers are throwing…
A good friend of mine was at the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes game last night, and here is his report: Fortunate enough to live close to the Lake Elsinore Storm to catch the odd Rancho Cucamonga Quakes against Lake Elsinore, Storm games. Tonight was especially interesting because Bobby Miller was starting for the Quakes as pitcher. Attendance for the game was 2600 which is a pretty good turnout for a Storm…
I wasn’t around much yesterday, but this morning, I read several things that were funny, silly, crazy, and mostly just plain wrong… to the point that I have to address them: #1 – That I have a deep hatred of Eric: That’s funny, silly, crazy, and mostly just plain wrong. I actually like the guy, but I am not afraid to call him out. The hatred part is simply his…
This could fall under the category of “Go Big or Go Home! Fans who think the Dodgers should make a trade right about now are simply uninformed or borderline delusional. It’s always been about the trade deadline, not the last day of May. Teams that are out of it will look to sell, and teams like the Dodgers will look to buy. In the NL West, the Rockies will be…
Maybe now Dodger fans can put their brains back into their heads and think logically… or is that too much to ask? Two wins in one day! Some good things happened during the games, including the Dodgers coming from behind to win Game 1 and Gavin Stone’s Gem in Game 2 where he became the 13th pitcher in MLB to go seven scoreless innings while striking out 7 and walking…