OK, this is not a political post – I am simply using this as an allegory. Jim Shella, a writer for the Indianapolis Business Journal put it like this: I have a confession. I have Trump Derangement Syndrome.Before you jump to conclusions and call me a liberal or a leftie or a socialist or a Marxist, let me just offer my belief that you have Trump Derangement Syndrome, too.TDS is…
On December 14, 2021, the Oklahoma City Dodgers were purchased by Diamond Baseball Holdings, a subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. The Los Angeles Dodgers remain parent club affiliates but no longer have ownership. As you can imagine, the new ownership is not allied with any MLB team and wants to forge its own identity. To that end, they have dropped the name “Dodgers” and are going to be called the…
Before I start talking about Opening Day, I want to talk about something that makes baseball so special. To me, it was never so evident as in the Freeway Series, although I saw flashes of it through the spring: Watching the youngsters and seeing the pure joy they experience is the best part of this game. Last year, it was Miguel Vargas, Bobby Miller, and James Outman (well, Bobby is…
A glass containing water to the half-way point is often used to point out the difference between optimists and pessimists: The optimist sees the glass as half full. They focus on what is there. “So much that can be done with half a glass of water.” The pessimist sees the glass as half empty. He sees that the glass used to be full and now half of its contents are gone. Soon it will…
Everyone thinks that Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani, and Freddie Freeman are the key to the Dodgers’ offensive success in 2024. I beg to differ. Of course, the Dodgers need the three former MVPs to step up and do what they do, but there are a few other players who could also be the linchpins of their success, namely Teoscar Hernandez, Jason Heyward, James Outman, Gavin Lux, and Will Smith. Teoscar…
This is not going to be a long, exhaustive analysis like some sites engage in. Most of what they surmise never happens anyway. I do not need exhaustive comparisons and explanations of what may or may not happen. I prefer the 30,000-foot evaluation, and I do not get paid by the word! How the NL West Will Finish #1 – Los Angeles Dodgers – Well, duhhh! Do I need to…
Emmet Sheehan made his Major League debut for the Dodgers on June 16, 2023 against the Giants and threw six no-hit innings. Yoshinobu Yamamoto has built up a reputation of being one of the greatest pitching talents to ever come out of Japan. His ability to command multiple pitches, throw strikes with consistency and dominate any lineup helped make him a three-time Eiji Sawamura Award winner and three-time Pacific League…
Thanks for your patience, We are back after some server issues. After Game Two in Seoul, the internet was abuzz with Dodger fans denouncing just about everything about the Dodgers: Well, I just made the last one up, but some fans thought/think that. I am going to say that none of the above is likely true… but I don’t have enough information about Shohei to make any determination. That will…
What do I make of the game two debacle in Seoul. Very little! We know that the pitchers are better than that. Now, I realize that some Dodgers fans are so skilled in their analysis of players that after one game or one inning they can make a determination as to whether that player needs to go back to OKC or the boneyard. I am not that skilled! I wish…
I admit that I am worried. Allegedly, Ippei Mizuhara, the longtime friend and interpreter for Ohtani, incurred some gambling debts and allegedly wired transferred $4.5 Million dollars out of Shohei Ohtani’s bank accounts with his knowledge or was it without his knowledge? Are we to believe that a player with Ohtani’s discipline just has no idea about his money? Can $100,000.00 disappear without someone missing it? How about $4.5 Million? ESPN…