Mookie Betts Has to Step Up His Game

December 12, 2022

At the time the Dodgers traded for Mookie Betts, there was a lot of conversation as to who was the best player in baseball – Mike Trout or Mookie Betts? Sadly for both players, we do not hear that much anymore as both have slipped… and it does not appear that either player will continue to get better as Trout is 31 and Mookie is 30. Both ended the 2022…

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The Reason the Dodgers Lost in 2022

December 11, 2022

Lots of fans of the Dodgers, as well as of other teams, have said that the Dodgers’ 2020 World Series Championship was tainted somehow because the season was just 60 games. Of course, they conveniently leave out the fact that they had to play in empty stadiums and had no home-field advantage. They also had to play an extra round in the playoffs, which no team (up until then) had…

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Player Profile: Burleigh Grimes

December 10, 2022

Burleigh Arland Grimes was born on August 18, 1893, in Emerald, Wisconsin. He was the first child of Cecil Grimes and his wife, Ruth. Cecil was a farmer and a former day laborer. His wife was the daughter of a former Wisconsin legislator. Cecil managed the Clear Lake Yellow Jackets and taught his son to play the game early in life. Burleigh also boxed as a child. Later they moved…

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Dodger Bullets from the winter meetings

December 8, 2022

This is the time of year where everyone has an opinion and that means the intelligent and the morons.  Unfortunately, the latter seems to get a lot of play. The calls from some for the Dodgers to break the bank and shell out hundreds of millions on 30 year old stars in deals that pay them into their 40s is beyond insane.  Hasn’t anyone learned from the Pujols deal? Talking…

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Can You Ever Have too Much Pitching?

December 7, 2022

There is an old saying in baseball that you can never have too much pitching, so it seems logical that Dodger fans want Andrew Friedman to pick up more pitchers. Some Dodger fans thought that Andrew Friedman would sign Justin Verlander or Jacob deGrom. He didn’t sign either one and then proceeded to let Andrew Heaney, Tyler Anderson, Chris Martin, and Tommy Kahnle walk. Now I hear Dodger fans want…

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What is Wrong With Andrew Friedman?

December 6, 2022

Not a Damn Thing! That’s what’s wrong. He is just failing to make any dope-fiend moves. Now, I want to give you a full disclaimer: It is possible that some of the dope-fiend moves made by other teams could have good short-term consequences (possible, but also not likely). I am not willing to pay off $300 million for 11 years for Freaking Trea Turner! But neither was Andrew Friedman. Max…

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Winter Meeting Free For All!

December 4, 2022

The only time I ever went to the Winter Meetings was in 2009, when they were held in Indianapolis. The Winter Meetings were not exactly how I thought they would be. I would think it is pretty much the same now. Each team has a suite where the President of Baseball Operations, the General Manager, and administrative assistants have offices set up. People who have clearance come and go into…

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Strange Days Ahead

December 3, 2022

This is the strangest offseason I can remember in recent years for the boys in blue.  They (Kind of) have multiple needs, but also have a lot of high-end talent in the upper minor leagues.  They have payroll flexibility ranging from some, to quite a lot, depending on what happens to Trevor Bauer.  They’ll have at least one unanticipated change to the coaching staff with the departure of Brant Brown. …

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How Peter O’Malley Saved San Francisco

December 1, 2022

Thirty years ago, the San Francisco Giants were in the midst of making their biggest free agent signing in franchise history.  Barry Bonds, then 28 years old and coming off his second MVP season, would be signed to a then-massive $44 million, six-year contract that brought him to his hometown San Francisco Giants.  It was a somewhat similar situation that they are going through now as they court Yankee superstar…

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