While thinking of subjects to post about, I was watching the game and marveling at how well our two catchers are playing right now. Even though he went hitless in the opener, Will Smith directly impacted the win with two great throws to nail runners trying to steal. Austin Barnes is an equally adept defender and has also been contributing on offense to start the season. And who is in…
Dodgers On Track to Win 126 Games
The Boys in Blue are playing at a blistering .778 pace and have the best record in MLB, but it’s way too small of a sampling to conclude anything except that they are way talented and way deep and can win without two of their superstars (Belli and Mookie). After last night, the Nationals are now 1-4 and the Cincinnati Reds are beating other teams’ pitchers like a rented mule….
We are Closer to a Closer
Kenley is a proud man and if he loses the closers’ role, I could see him walking away… and the Dodgers agreeing to pay him to do that. You may or may not know this: But, when Andrew Luck walked away, Jim Irsay paid him $30 million that he was under no obligation to do so. This is just speculation and is way down the road, but it could happen.
I am Trying to Get Back to Dodger Baseball…
but, I don’t know if it will ever be the same. Baseball was always an escape from the troubles in the world and a break from politics that have become increasingly divisive. When Joe Biden was elected President he promised to bring the country together. Instead, he has driven it further apart, and nowhere is it more apparent that in baseball, when he “parrotted” the false claims of Stacy Abrams,…
Does Anyone Here Know How to Build Bullpen?
I’ll answer that with one word: NO! No one here has ever built a major league bullpen. I have not built one either. However, I have seen them built many times, and I believe Andrew Friedman knows how to do it. Feel free to believe that Dave Roberts just blew the game yesterday. If you believe it, it must be true, right? I mean, he brought Kenley Jansen in for…
He’s Back!
Bear said it best: Rumors of Clayton’s demise were greatly exaggerated! In the first inning, no one could blame you if you thought, “Uh oh, here we go again.” After a horrid opening day and a bad spring training, no one knew what to think, but he struck out three in the first and was masterful the rest of the way. His fastball hit 92.7 MPH at its fastest, but…
I Promise That Soon We Will Get Back to Dodger Baseball…
It’s just not today… unless you want to talk about it. In which case, I am fine. We had some good discussions about politics, some about Dodger Blue Mom, and a little about Dodger Baseball. We will get back to that soon, but first I must answer some questions. I will first start with David, because of relevance: Mark, you raise some fundamental questions, so I would like to raise…
LADT to Remain Open
I have always tried to keep politics and religion off this blog because it divides us, not unifies us, but this time it is different because the Dodgers, by being part of MLB got involved in something that is so polarizing that it divides this country even more. This all started when MLB moved the All-Star game from Atlanta. “Major League Baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and…
Dodger Blue Mom
Something that really brings you back to reality is when you get an e-mail like this: Hello Mark, This is Ed, Miki’s husband. By any chance are you one of her blogger buddies on LA Dodger Talk? If so, I am sorry to say she passed away peacefully on March 25th, Thursday, 2021. Not Covid. One of her last requests was for me to communicate to her blogger friends the…
After Further Review…
Since yesterday’s blog post, I have received many e-mails, mostly supporting what I did in canceling the blog. A couple were critical, and I do support their right to disagree. However, one person messaged me and what he said resonated louder than any other message. It was from “David” and he wrote: Hi, Mark! It’s David, one of the regular contributors to LADT. Mark, I respect your decision to end…