Count this as my latest of the “Dodger Codger” series. The older I get, the more I look at myself and realize that I sound like an old man. And then I realize, “I am an old man.” I’m nearing 60. I have followed the Dodgers for 55 years., and I could cite to you incidents from every Dodger season back to my years as a young child. We are…
On Saturday, AC provided us with an amazing analysis of questions to be answered this spring. It prompted me to go back a few years and see what the pressing questions were in the spring for the past few seasons and how they were answered: Last year, the top questions facing the Dodgers heading into Spring training were: • Is Clayton Kershaw definitely in decline? I would feel safe to…
While you can’t place a lot of stock in preseason games… especially the first one, you can see that the Boys in Blue are motivated and eager to get this show on the road. This team as constructed is good enough to win the World Series, but you have to play the games to decide that. Some players will continue to grow, some will regress and some will stay the…
Clayton Kershaw was called up to the Show in 2008 at the age of 20. In 107 IP, he allowed 109 hits, struck out 100, with a 4.26 ERA and a 1.495 WHIP. Of course, he went on to build a Hall-of-Fame Career! Julio Urias was called up to the Show in 2016 at the age of 19. In 77 IP he allowed 81 hits, struck out 84, with a…
If everything comes together as planned, 2020 could be the magical season we all hoped for since 1988. 2017 looked to be that season, but the cheating Astros stopped it. 2019 was elite, but they just lacked something more… 2020 it is! This could very well be epic… one for the ages. It’s a great time to be a Dodger fan! The Dodgers didn’t get Gerrit Cole, but Plan B…
Other than perhaps Jackie Robinson this player’s name is spoken more than any other in the history of baseball. Not a day goes by where you don’t read his name, or hear it spoken on TV or the radio. He’s not in the Hall of Fame(though a strong argument can be made that he should be) and he’s not normally mentioned among the great players of his time or of…
There has been so much discussion about the Asterisks that I thought I would perhaps break in with a short interlude and introduce a new Dodger that was acquired in the trade for Kyle Garlick on Saturday. Both Garlick and Gilbert were victims of the numbers game. Garlick was backed up behind a bevy of outfielders with the Dodgers and Gilbert was stacked up against a number of left-handed bullpen…
No… not that Tom and Jerry! Several years ago, two men who lived about a mile apart, worked at the same company that was about 12 miles away. The first man who we will call “Tom” had no car and had to rely on others to get to work. On the other hand, “Jerry” had a car and the drive to work took him just about 20 minutes. Jerry was…
What type of baseball are we to expect in 2020? I’m not talking about the Major Leagues in general, I’m talking specifics. The “baseball” as in the “ball” used in the majors this year. With historic offensive numbers in 2019, it was fairly certain that the 2019 ball had changed. Pitchers complained about it. Hitters loved it and the commissioner admitted that there was a bit of an issue: “Our…
Criminals generally never show remorse. There’s something about being a psychopath or sociopath that evidently alters your Remorse DNA Gene as the criminals in Houston continue to demonstrate. Well, they were caught, so they had to admit (very reluctantly and in a back-handed fashion) that they cheated, but get this… It didn’t have any effect on anything! Not only are they cheaters and liars, but they also think that everyone…