How Did Winter Trades Turn Out

June 30, 2019

When MT posted his Remember When post, it got me to thinking about trades. I have been obnoxiously opinionated in my zeal for at least one lock down late inning reliever and would prefer two. But I also know that there are NO GUARANTEES. The Darvish and Machado trades did not result in a WS championship, and they were good trades for the Dodgers. If the Dodgers got both Felipe…

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DH – The Lightening Rod

February 8, 2019

I used to be against the DH, but then I became totally indifferent because it is not a question of it, but rather when.  The DH in the NL is inevitable, get used to it.  This is not the NLB and the ALB…it is MLB.  MLB is the only professional sport where the rules are different for one group of teams compared to rules of another group of teams within…

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Super Bowl LIII

February 3, 2019

Still waiting on the next big FA to drop, or next big trade to occur.  Only 1 of the top 5 free agents have signed, and really very few actual trades this winter.  If not for the M’s and Jerry Dipoto making five or six trades involving significant ML players, or the Reds acquiring back of the rotation pitchers, there really has not been a lot of player movement. ML…

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Pending Big Name Trades???

November 24, 2018

There has been no big player transactions and it is a holiday weekend, so pickings for material are pretty slim.  However, as long as the Dodgers are mentioned in some big-name transactions, I will continue to think that something could happen.  At the very least it allows for a lot of conjecture and good writing material.  We all have our favorite Dodgers who we do not want to see moved…

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