Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune of losing Trevor Bauer, Dustin May, and Clayton KershawOr to take Arms against a Sea of troubles by trading prospects for Max Scherzer or some other ilk… Yes, old Billy has nothing on me. I’m a poet but don’t know it, yet my feet are Longfellows. OK, I’ll stop right there. I wear size 15…
Lafayette Fresco Thompson, Father of the Dodgers Modern Farm System
Some of you posters on here are too young to remember Fresco Thompson, but those of us who were brought up with the Dodgers of the 19’50s and 1960s were treated to his handiwork for many years. And so were some fans in the ’70s. When he died of cancer in late 1968, his last draft class would make a huge impact on Dodger teams for the next decade and…
What is Wrong With Cody Bellinger?
Here we are… the Dodgers have just 69 games left to play and Cody Bellinger is hitting .173! Of course, everyone has a theory of why he is doing so poorly. “He’s not a superstar” – His career stats say otherwise. “He has lost his confidence.” – You know this how? “He won’t listen to the coaches.” – I know for a fact that is not true. “The Dodgers should…
History of LA Dodger 1st Basemen.
I write this as requested by one of our posters. And it is a subject that is easy to write about. There have been so many over the years. Some very good, some ok, others, not so good. One, Eddie Murray is in the Hall, another, Gil Hodges belongs there, but that is an argument for another day. Some were very good hitters: Garvey, Gonzalez, Murray, Hodges. Some were good…
Dodger Baseball… Please!
Times change. People change. Baseball changes. Once upon a time, we allowed no politics to be discussed on this site, but then one day MLB and its Clueless, Classless Commissioner decided to delve into the political arena. Right or wrong, I felt it deserved a response and I delivered it. The stolen All-Star Game is now over. There is however, more to be said about this issue as it is…
2022 All-Star Game & Stuff
So next year, Robber Manfred’s Traveling Circus & JuJu Medicine Show will play the All-Star Game at Chavez Ravine. Alrighty then! Will Bellinger and Muncy both compete in the HR Derby? I can hardly wait. However, I am being sarcastic. I’ll leave it right there. The new MLB Power Rankings are out and the Giants at #1 with the Dodgers #2. The Giants com to the Ravine for four games…
Now it’s a Sprint!
In 2020, the Dodgers played just 60 regular-season games. As of right now, the Dodgers have played 91 games, so if you struggle with math (5 out of 4 people do), that means there are 71 games left. That means the Dodgers can almost treat this like 2020, henceforth! The season is not now so long and they can “sprint” to the finish line. But will they? I think they…
Maddux Bruns – A Closer Look
On Sunday the Dodgers selected left-hander Maddux Bruns in the first round of the 2021 First-Year Player Draft with the 29th overall pick. His selection came as a bit of a surprise to the average fan as he was not connected to the Dodgers in any mock draft, at least that I had seen. Certainly part of the surprise was that he was not included in mock drafts but also…
The Babe of Brooklyn
Well, we all know about Babe Ruth. He was probably the greatest player the game ever knew. And there was Babe Dahlgren, who replaced Lou Gehrig at 1st base in New York. In 1925, while Ruth was plying his trade with the Yankees, 22-year-old Floyd Caves Herman made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He would turn 23 early in the season. Babe was born in Buffalo, New York. However,…
Averages Lie!
A statistician had one foot in a bucket of ice water and one foot in a bucket of boiling water. He said, “My feet feel great, on average.” He meant that the average temperature of the water in the two buckets was comfortable. This may be true, but the average temperature doesn’t tell the entire story. If you put one foot in ice water and the other in boiling water, on…